The Killers - When You Were Young Lyrics
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2008
- Lyrics for When you were Young
LYRICS:
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now
Here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young
Can we climb this mountain
I don't know
Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow
Let's take it easy
Easy now
Watch it go
We're burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane
That started turning
When you were young
When you were young
And sometimes you close your eyes
And see the place where you used to live
When you were young
They say the devil's water
It ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now
Here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young
(talks like a gentleman)
(like you imagined)
When you were young
I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But more than you'll ever know
This song made me realize nostalgia is a bitch and we have to live every moment to its highest potential.
a job worth doing is worth doing well
So fucking true brotha 💪🏿
Hell yes nostalgia is a fucker
Nostalgia is just like any other thing that's not directly productive to your life but it makes you feel good, it's good in moderation, it has it's time and place, but of course if you spend every day wishing it was like the past you might as well die lmao
subs jk fencing
Bahe xnvvzmbc:::-:#--:-- yv
10 years later and still goosebumps at that guitar solo.
Every. Single. Time.
I'm here from m.ua-cam.com/video/UEPNtdA3iek/v-deo.html
Yep, sounds like the guitar is crying, beautiful.
Me too man
Me too
Sweet Nostalgia ❤
i miss the unashamed passion you could sense from old fanmade lyric videos. unmatched. im so glad the videos still exist
Yes!!
The killers are one of the only bands to me that will Always be timeless
Ryan Kamer Green Day too...and Gorillaz 👌
@@thrashorbleach8912 fr fr
Does this still hold true to you today?
As I grow older, I feel this song more and more
same here
same
+TheWayIRage same
+TheWayIRage epic fucking beard. Love this song. makes me feel nostalgic
+Ben jammin I bet he could hide office supplies in it and get away with it.
Oh man, my high-school friends and I used to play this song in Rock Band all the time when we were young; I was always the singer. I haven't seen them in years ever since I became a shut-in, and singing this while locked in my room brings back so many better times and makes me tear up.
+TheSlammurai I have so many memories as well playing this song
i know dude i played this song so many times i could sing and play guitar at the same time
+TheSlammurai You played this song when you were young hence the name. (no pun intended)
+TheSlammurai it's on the new guitar hero now
Dude same, I'm not a shut in, but I have significantly less friends now than in school, I was 12 when the original Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3 came out, and for a good while just about every day after school my friends would come over after school and we'd play Rock Band together or take turns playing Guitar Hero...it was always my house because I had a lot of the DLC lol
It sucks that music games died (even though they're trying to bring it back with Rock Band 4 and Guitar Hero Live, it's definitely not the same now as it was in 2007) because that was a bunch of fun, me and my friends playing the games back in the day, occasionally some of my more musically inclined friends will come over to play Rock Band, but it's not the same haha back then EVERYBODY was playing and we always had a 4-player band, nowadays it's usually me and somebody else, or if we're lucky we'll max out around 3 people
when the killers said “you sit there in your heartbreak waiting on some beautiful boy to save you from your old ways” i felt that
How dare they call us out like that 😭😭😭😅😅😅🙃🙃🙃
❤️ I hope youre okay
This came out when I was in middle school... Now I am 27 and I am truly remembering what it was like when I was young.... Thanks for the music and love guys.
Lmao, you’re 27 not 67 my guy. Keep living your life you’re not old yet 😂
This song is truly a work of art.
The chimes during the last chorus add a little something awesome to it!
L McC i used to not like the song when it first came out but that changed and i think your right a work of art it is
L McC yes
This song is far from art. It's a rip off of Bruce Springsteen. Look up Born to Run
life is a work of art
when i listen to this song i cry.... it reminds me of those long drives when we were kids my dad just drove and drove just looking out of the window with out a care in the world. now all those days are gone ive got some mental illnesses and dad has not seen me for 8 years.
he has a different life and we have nothing in common he is the ragge chilling personae im the computer kid. he also smoked a lot of weed when i was a kid and im not sure if he has stopped. all i know is that he has a daughter age of 6/7 she was born a few weeks before i lost touch with my dad. i have a very low confidence and struggle to speak to people even family, teachers, doctors and i tend to only talk to people on the internet.
thomas or tom His loss. Chin up things can always get better and you obviously have good taste in music which accounts for a lot :)
thanks man that made me smile :)
thomas or tom chin up and hold you head mate! always here for ya :) x
One song can bring back a thousand memories.
0:54 "Can we climb this mountain? I don't know."
Skyrim players: "Are you challenging me?"
xD
All Nine Livez and minecraft
Well deserved like. To the guy that said "Minecraft" fuck you lol
vinci vedi vici lex talionas Fuck you too😂😂😂
vinci vedi vici lex talionas Minecraft do be the game tho
makes me think of someone i can't have
+Jesse Galindo :(
Love is everywhere brah just stay postive.
+Jesse Galindo Jesus?
+Jon Wreath lol no
+Jesse Galindo You can BE, DO or HAVE anything you want. You just have rules in the labyrinth of your mind that tells you, you can or can't have something. Get rid of those stupid rules and embrace your happiness and joy!
This song feels like falling in love but also like anxiety and crying all at the same time
This song makes me feel nostalgia like a bitch
foreals
Same here pal
hella
I discovered this song through Guitar Hero like 10 years ago, like many other gems. It literally changed my life. I owe so much to guitar hero developers for having open my ears to such amazing music.
Me too. Just remember, you were that good that. Learning a four string bass is easy.
Which guitar hero
@@averyfaircloth8562 this song was in 3
My favorite part is 2:55 where it’s so climactic but it ends up being super chill but it still sounds so good.
it’s hard to explain but it makes me happy listening to it.
If this song doesn't make you think about the 90's and all the nostalgic memories when you were young you're not human...one of the best songs of all time...hands down
This song has been stuck in my head the whole day and I needed to listen to it to get over it. "He doesn't look a thing like Jesus, but he talks like a gentleman," I kept singing that line. It is quite catchy.
omg right same thing happened to me today
"And sometimes you close your eyes and see the place where you Used to live..
When you were young" it's a loop in my mind
***** uwot
right?!
***** Hahahahahaahahahahaahah no
I feel like this tells a beautiful story about a girl who spends her life dreaming of a man who's a beautiful saint like figure basically prince charming who would come and sweep her off her feet and she ends up falling for a man who's not perfect in looks or personality but loves her unconditionally and would do anything for her
would sow* anything for her.
Hugo Strange I officially hate myself
Lol idk I thought it was funny
+Hugo Strange I'm prepared for death
Beautiful. Don't ever hate yourself, because someone loves you - we're all part of the human family.
Dinking to this till 2024
Don't dink and drive
My taste in music was heavily influenced by guitar hero, lol
same here
True. Video games in general open people up to a variety of music that they probably never saw themselves getting into before.
Adrian Robinson it was because of GH3 that i got into Dragonforce
Adrian Robinson True. My life would have been totally different without Vice City and some other games like GH3, but mostly VC :)
Haha so true same here
This song was initially released when I was in high school and thought at the time it was about a woman learning to let go of her innocently unrealistic standards of love in favor of an imperfect but undying one. Even back then listening to it felt like getting hit by a nostalgia hammer.
Now that's been over a decade and I've come to realize that the song is fundamentally about self-love and how to genuinely embrace yourself in spite of the mistakes and failures you might've committed in pursuit of a dream you might've even given up on because you learned it wasn't attainable and now the nostalgia hits like a fucking truck shaped like Mike Tyson's fists.
Very insightful 🤔
The beauty of music is it's openness to interpretation. Both of yours could be spot on for many people.
This song came out when I was pregnant with my second child. She's already 10....makes me sad it's gone by so fast
Christina Mussared i’ve been listening to this since i was 1, with my mother. i’m 15 now, and i’m still listening to all the killers songs
This song appeared when I was only 10. Now I am 23.
I feel like an old man.
Me and my best friend use to sing to this song every night . It reminded us of old times , when we were kids and we would always hang out . Sadly he passed away a year ago . I play this everyday like he was still here .
same with my mom
...So she’s 13 now?
this song brings a lot of people back to sometime in there life
Like when they were young
I have 2 memories associated with it
1, 10 months ago, I first heard this on the radio when I was bathing.
2. When I was 5, I saw my favorite cartoon, Robotboy for the very first time and it started airing the year before this sing came out and continued airing until 2 years after it was released
Everything happens when you are young(childhood, adolescence), the hurricane, the love. Still happens as you get older, but somehow you feel it less intense and it probably gets lessen as time goes by, like number. Thats why every great man in history had big dreams as a child. So if you are young, stand up for yourself, dream big and of course, love. If you dont do it then, you may never do it.
After reading that, I feel like I understand the song a thousand times more than I already did. Damn man, you make a good point.
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
thanks. Inspired by this song, and various rhythm games, I want to be in a rock band when I'm older. This is because A I feel something of a debt owed to rock music and B The music my peers listen to is generally shit.
Well, then grab your guitar and start practicing. Below are some music recommendations.
Another cool kind of recent band is Audioslave too. My Chemical Romance although underrated had a kind of similar sound of Queen. Kings Of Leon are cool too. The Beatles are a great source of inspiration. And finally the old but great band The Velvet Underground.
Good Luck!
Actually, I'm a singer/drummer
I love reading everyone’s memories & the times this song takes you back too. Y’all got some good stuff to look back on.
14 years later and I’m still listening to this song daily
I’m young rn but it still gives me this weird, sad/happy, nostalgic, feeling.
Same
Yeah I'm 12
@@runawaysunitednation3510 damn I wish I was 12 again
I used to listen to this when I was little, I'm 15 now, feels crazy
songs bring more feels the older you get
marry me
+Ben Najera Ummmmmm
Yeah they really do
IKR I kinda like that when I was younger but now I like it a lot and I realize how similar it is to how I felt about relationships when I was younger
Fucking facts!!!!
This song breaks my heart and had me in tears.... reminds me of my naivety when I was young and how I went for the wrong men
and sometimes you close your eyes and see...... WW2 flashbacks
Fuck you sissy, we love 'em!
+TheUnited StatesMarines u just have to luv em
+TheUnited StatesMarines o shit I forgot. SIR YES SIR!!
Hahahahahaha, lmfao yes his is definitely music of WW2. 😂😂😂😂
you're never too young
I still remember when I was 8-9 years old and played this song in guitar hero. Now, at 21, still hear this song every once in a while and it's more meaningful for me because I've heard this song for a lifetime...
I'm only 18 and this song can really make you feel so old (especially when you think back to the Guitar Hero 3 days) even though you really aren't. If I listen to this song ten years from now then I'd probably be thinking of the age I am now and think to myself "God do I miss those days of being a teen" and so on and so fourth. That seems to be how it works.
I was just reminiscing back in those days, wish I could go back when PlayStation 2 was the shit, now its ps4 & xbox1. miss the old days. We're only young once.
+TheBuddhistFist .... this is only the beginning buddy. lol im 22 and this happens to me a lot. take it like a man, and look forward to tomorrow. God Bless bro
yeah, makes me want to kill myself tbh
+AnotherTeenMom same
I remember being 23 (a very "lost" time in my life) and feeling like that was old, as if I were running out of time. I thought that after 18, I was considered old. I would dismiss how often people told me, "you are so young!"
Now I'm 28.... I realize how young 23 was. With 30 approaching me, I'm really feeling that "running out of time" feeling. And still people older than me say, "you are so young."
I'm sure when I'm 35 I will look back on 28 and see this age as so young. Same when I turn 40 and look back on 35, etc.
Moral of the story is to enjoy your youth while it's still here, and to really appreciate the present moment. I'll let myself sound old for a second and say: you're incredibly young. But so am I. Time and age is a construct, all that exists is now. Time to make the most of the time we have. We're only running out of the time we waste. If only I had not wasted so much time, thinking I was out of it.
Guitar Hero 3 got me into some great memorable music
Yessss
shit like this makes me cry too because of all the memories. guitar hero 3 was filled with amazing songs
fck yeah lmao
truly
Smokeydogg7
I love this song so much and holds so many memories of me playing with my toys while my mom cleans the house and listens to the killers, the stokes, journey, blue October, and many other artists. This song will never get old.
One of my favorite songs of all time
MechaMinilla99
MechaMinilla99 me too
This reminds me so much of my brother. Man, I miss him :'(
Sorry to hear that man, that cuts a lot deeper than missing an ex girlfriend/boyfriend.
Jesus Christ
This song reminds me of my boyfriend, whom I loved so much right from when we were young, he finally asked me out when we were a little older but he was taken from me the very next month when he was take to hospital with lung cancer. I can't help but cry every time I hear this song; its so beautiful.
That comment made my heart sink :( I am sooo sorry for your lost but Stay Strong hun
Damn... Life is unfair
Man this song brings back memories 😢
This song gave me so much nostalgia.
only song i could get 100 percent on expert on haha
Same 😆
+Pierce Peel same
+Pierce Peel scrubs
Danilo Gallinari I barely play the game and don't have live. My controller is broken so it doesn't whammy and it goes into overdrive at random times. Not that it affects a perfect score.
Thaddeus Long I'm just playing, that game was my shit i played it all the time so obviously i got really good at it
This song brings so many memories it makes me cry! I can remember being with my brothers in the basment playing this song on Guitar Hero 3 and being so happy, I haven't seen them in so long!
I remember my son with his guitar hero, he was 10 years old, now he is 20. Damn , I miss soooo much that hurts.
This song hits different when you're an adult 👌
Damn, this brings back so many memories from late 2008 early 2009...this was me and my old best friend's favorite song...we first heard it on Guitar Hero xD. Now I'm in college. Damn, where did the time go...
how was college
Every time I heard this song, I cannot stop to cry. It remembers to my girlfriend that is no more here.
sorry for your loss
Sorry bro...
It makes me sad cause I never had a gf. I waited in celibacy for a beautiful girl to come save me from my loneliness, then got crippled at 25.
@@germanicelt Sorry Bro..
It's okay. She never loved you. Women don't have the ability to truly love a man. They love what a man can provide. Consider yourself lucky. You dodged a bullet.
Anyone else 23 hearing this 🔥 ?
I'm glad I look back for lyrics on this songs and I'm still getting these 12 years old videos like "When you were young"
This song and this person has an oldschool runescape picture as their youtube icon, the nostalgia is real!
This song brings me back to high school.
same here
when you were young?
omg suck ass boi
All of The Killers songs always takes me back to high school. It's his voice that always brings back memories. :)
Shadows _X oh amen to that
I loved this song when I was young. Now I'm 63 dying slowly of cancer. I got about 6 months doctors say. I feel so terrible I wish it would come sooner 😊.
I'm not joking!!!
this song brought me back wow
This song is like a rocket blasting through the atmosphere into space. It delivers amazing, awesome energy every time I hear it
Reminds me of days when I was a kid watching my mom over the balcony being genuinely happy. Guitar Hero was a massive influence in my household, I wish I could see that happiness in my mom again...
i can feel the star power in this
this song speaks to me so heavily, not of love, but of my depression, my tentative hope for love, but my anxiety, my sudden multitude of friendships, and the brightness i can see very faintly in my future. Who knows, i may get out of this, I may not
Discovered it on Guitar Hero ages ago. Wish I was young again. being old sucks
You discovered it on guitar hero... When you were young?! HAAHAHAHAHA... I need friends
being old is a blessing. God gave you the gift of life. Once you die you will be back trust me
True that.
theres two possibilities, get older or die young. does Get old no seems a bad idea ha?
@@breezy0849 .....wtf
best band of this age without question.
This song gets sadder and sadder the older you get.
Anyone else looking back at this song as a Thirty Something year old adult, then feeling both amazed at the quality of music and also slightly melancholy because we are getting old now🤦🏼♀️😅🖤🔥
playing Guitar Hero III earlier this week, just had to come here this song again
Ikr this song just hooks u and dosent let go
+Di General played it earlier on my ps2,now here i am lol
+WubsBrony409 i played on ps2 rockband 1
+Di General My controller broke when I had that game. Literally one of the most traumatizing moments of my sheltered suburban life
GoodmorningCaptain :( RIP Controller.
The Killers are one of the highlights of modern day music
Having turned 50 I realized one immutable fact.......its a young persons world and time has past me by
Just enjoy what you can, don’t try to fit it if it’s not comfortable for you
damn man dont get down on yourself. when i lived on island of Maui at 24 i read a book with a saying in hawaii their are no old people just wrinkly old kids. its the spirit of laughter that keeps us young.
All of our hearts cry out for Jesus
The memories... shit makes me feel like a way I can’t describe!!!
i'm so glad they made the guitar hero games I probably would have never heard this song...now it's my ultimate favorite song :D
im right there with you! I sang my ass off while playing my ass off to this song XD
wasn't it in rock band?
671SANTOSKILLER yeah and guitar hero 3 :) Rock band was my favorite cause they had drums and a microphone
@@aminahhunter8739 damn u commented 7 years ago
This is my favourite song ever.Many Thank You.Anna Gojanovich.👍
This song makes me so emotional. When i was young i loved sports now i can't do sport because i lost my legs. This song makes me sad because it reminds me that i can't do sports
I've been through so much so please give me a thumbs up ut would be appreciated and would make me feel better
@@mirelamcgowan1150 what happened
lmao sucks
This makes me remember when i was young and how much i loved my old house and my childhood.
I miss my youth....1980's
I miss my teen-age days....1990's
I miss these tunes.....2000's
I heard this song on a TV show like 10 years ago. Back when I only had like 20 random channels, no cable.
be happy,i had only 4(somedays 5)
My mom tried to introduce me to these guys when this song first came out, and I was in a phase where I refused to like anything anyone else did. I told her I disliked it in a harsh way. She's gone now. I never got to tell her I actually like them...
Who else is watching in 1865?
1800's kids FTW, man.
I'm watching 3056
+ilikepie DANG YOU LATE
+SparksMayFly I'm 2000 and late
guuurrrl, you are
GUITAR HERO 3! I miss it
2:25 - 2:40 Gives me goosebumps. Best part of the song.
Soccer Legend yesssss
Me too
Guitar hero 3 the best
YES IT IS💗💗
Nah 2:40 - 3:10
This song used to play all the time when I was a kid it brings back so much memories
I'm starting to form a love for The Killers
When i hear this song i picture in my mind a girl sitting on a corner in a very crowded party, than a boy comes up to her and takes her for a dance. As the song goes they dance through the stages of life first the party than in a park having a good time and finally marrying. Then when the song says: `can we climb this mountain I don't know`, I imagen they having a baby all the difficulties in life not a lot of money but lots of happiness with their recent little boy, when the song slows down after: and sometimes you close your eyes , I picture the wife getting sick, and then dying the husband gets really sad and things about suicide for a few months, but then as the song starts to speed up again and the same part like the begining of the song is played:`You sit there in your heartache waiting on some beautiful boy to to save you from your old ways you play forgiveness watch it now here he comes` ,his little boy comes rushing into his arms and they play and the husband smiles for the first time in months. As they play through the stages of life the husband meets his son's girlfriend that will be his future wife, and then time passes and the husband dies leaving his son alone after that his little girl comes into the room and holds his arm and the circle continuous
Bro might want to check your grammer because I almost thought the dad was gonna marry his sons gf XD
tecobel I imagine a middle aged woman who, after a decade long marriage, realizes her husband is a lying, cheating fuck.
this is America bro they would've gotten a divorce
+tecobel
I really relate to what you are saying here. That is a rather good Interpretation of the songs "meaning" or "back story" I think that if I had not first heard this on the Smallville show, I probable would have thought of it as a even sadder song then I already do.
I have a question though you may choose to not reply just think about it.
Are you overlaying the song onto your own memories/Feelings?
It's 11:35 pm, I'm sitting in bed with no pants on and crying cause of this story
Used to listen to The Killers all the time while riding public transit through downtown Seattle to get to UW! So much nostalgia! Beautiful place. Miss it.
It`s a simple guitar line, but sooooooooo effective. Brilliant.
I know this song for such a long time and it's still my very favorite song! A hymn!
This song made me bawl my eyes out
"And sometimes you close your eyes and see the place where you used to live , when you were Young"
This song tell's so much about how being young is good.
2016 and i still listening :')
+Limasvj More like barely listening. Only found out of this song in recent months. I've an acquaintance in a Killers tribute band. I attended a show, kind of to support them, and they performed this song. That's how I learned of it. I don't normally know, or like such new music.
+Moonlight * Most new music stinks, but you can definitely find hidden gems!
mee
Yeah!
Limasvj 2017 ;))
Guitar Hero 3 days
ok gh3 is fuckin dank I still play it
Oh my god! I played this song on GH3 a few days ago and fell in love with it.
dude, yes!!!!
DeGrig lol Dude yes..... Good ol times.
oh god yes rip that was such a great game
Bring back good memories of my friend when we played guitar hero. He moved away 6 years ago and I haven't seen him since. I love to relive those memories.
one of the best songs ever written/composed
This song takes me back.... I freaking love The Killers, lol.
I’ve been listening to this song my whole life.
So for me it’s a nostalgic song about nostalgia.
Rediscovered this gem and I’ve had it on repeat at least 100 times!!!!! So nostalgic..
Remember listening to this with my sister. Hanging out talking about the future. Love you sis
It's so weird to hear this song without "KROQ" at the beginning. I thought it was part of the song for years. Fucking Limewire
Hahaha for years I thought it was part of the song!!
HughGRection12231 Dude, I live in Australia and I had that exact version!
Haha crazy!
HughGRection12231 Holy fuckkk.. The entire world had the same version? hahahahahahha.. I got it from Limewire toooo!
HughGRection12231 Damn everyone had the exact same version I guess.
Takes me back to Legends of Rock
This song is so nostalgic for me. I can relate to it I worked in Vegas when I was young at Sams town as a cocktail waitress and I use to go sledding in mount Charleston. And working downtown Las Vegas and dressing up in costumes on Fremont street. What a wonderful time in Vegas. This songs is incredible the writing the music..it transports me to a great time in my life. Thank you killers you are an amazing band !
Every once in a little while....waiting on some beautiful boy to save you from your old ways...when you were young...
~>>thank u 4 sharing videos
This song reminds me of my first year in high school, I was having the time of my life hanging out with my best friend who I’ve known for years then one day he just stops talking to me and then I suddenly fell straight off the high horse I was on straight on my ass, and for a few weeks I felt like actual shit I basically just went to classes and got by and did nothing but wonder when things would fix themselves. And when this song talks about sitting in your heart ache and waiting on some beautiful boy to save you, it reminds me of how I thought that perfect solution would just come along and make my life magically fix itself, but I waited to long for that beautiful solution to come along I paid the consequences of that choice with a bit of dull look on life and some trust issues. But hey I’m living my life how I want to now do take this story as some advice kids if your ever in that situation where your stuck waiting for that one beautiful solution just to make all your problems disappear, don’t wait to long to catch that train just take your chances with what ever else
This song remember me when I used to listen to it with my brother.
He died a month ago and I miss him a lot and thanks to him I met the killers. This is his legacy, and I will continue listen this song. For him, for his memory ❤️
Heartache cathartic song and pump-up song rolled into one; love it. Thank you World Cup of Hockey Opening Montage for introducing me to this song!
Listening to this song for the first time in years today, I downloaded it in the airport and listening to it as we took off, it just happened to be the first time I left the country by myself without anybody with me so I felt so free. Listening to this as we took off and looking down at all the terraced houses of Belfast, Sampson and Goliath and the Docks get further away, made me so emotional, no matter where I go in life I’ll never forget my city that I grew up in, when I was young
I listened to this song when i was young!(No pun intended)
"Punintentional"
+Notapirate Bad Um Tsssss
+jade no lol...but 6 likes ONLY??! dude your comm is so underestimated...
+Notapirate You need to look up the meaning of 'pun'!
+Notapirate banana