Young and in Love - Rhizomatic Revolution Review

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Creator Statement

I wrote this song in my first months as ARMY, so this is a register of the first feelings BTS ignited in me. It’s mostly inspired by the HYYH era (especially “Intro: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Part 1,” “Nevermind,” and “Young Forever”) but really, everything about the message in the music and personal story of BTS.

I was almost in my 30’s when I became ARMY, and I was starting to become desperate from not having achieved all the things I thought I would have at this age. I had just discovered my true passions, and I decided to fight for them, but became desperate again with the thought that I had little time to make it work; soon I’d be the age when you’re not considered “young” enough to try something new.

So I decided to gather my last drop of strength and pursue my dreams.

This song is about finding love when you think you were supposed to have lived your best years already; it’s about risking it all for what you love, even if you know that if you fail, it may be too late to start over.

The love I talk about in the song may be romantic love or love for life, a skill, your purpose in life, or just any reason to live, anything you find yourself passionate about.

And, of course, there is no such thing as being “too old” to dream (and this is something I would learn from BTS too), but this song captures the feeling of despair I was going through at that time.

I will always be grateful to BTS for inspiring me not to give up on my desire to live a passionate life.

Lyrics

I was born tired

Spent my best years in the search of some refreshment

With a new found glory, now

I wonder if my life was backwards

Why did it take me so long to find the love?

I had no love, had no love, had no love

Well, I’m sorry, I couldn’t be the one you want

And I won’t even try anymore

I look calm, but deep inside I’m terrified

I look cool, but deep inside I still try to forgive myself

for a lot of things that I’m not even guilty of

Ah, I wish there was a word better than regret

I did all I could, I just couldn’t do much, damn, damn

Whole life on hold, but better late than never

One way to go, I’m giving all I got here

Hold on to my last breath of stamina

And try not to think of how I’ll find strength to get up if it don’t work out

When I look at the mirror, the person I see is too old to dream, but

I don’t have any other option

I’ll let myself be burnt by this fire

Tell me how the thing stealing my youth is what’s keeping me young?

(I try to keep an open mind, I feel I’ll never die but I’m exhausted to be alive)

And my head hurts if I do it

But my conscience hurts if I don’t

So bear with me

This is my last chance to be

Young and in love

I can’t wait afford to wait until it’s too late to decide it’s not too late

Maybe if I cry my best cry, I’ll get it

Maybe if I fight my worst fight, I’ll win it

Build a legacy, keep myself alive through the voice of youth

But what about me now?

Goddamn, I want to have a voice too

Goddamn, I want to fall in love too, yeah

They’re closing the doors and recruiting the new ones

This might be my last chance

We’ve been looking for answers

We don’t know what’s the question

We’ve been looking for answers

We just wanna be

Young and in love…

This is my last chance to be

Young and in love

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APA Citation

Ribeiro, A. C. (2020). Young and in love [Song]. The Rhizomatic Revolution Review [20130613], (1). https://ther3journal.com/.

MLA Citation

Ribeiro, Ana C. “Young and in Love.” The Rhizomatic Revolution Review [20130613], no.1, 2020. https://ther3journal.com/.

Young and in Love by Ana C. Ribeiro is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.