YOUNG LOVE

Lyrics

Intro - Dark piano, vinyl crackle
Funny how life works, man...
Spend half your life chasing something you don't understand,
Giving your heart to people who don't even deserve your hand.
They say love is blind, but I swear I could see,
I just kept ignoring what was right in front of me.
You gotta lose the wrong one to find the one you need.
This one's about young love.
Verse 1 - Heavy boom-bap beat drops
I was a young fella with a heart full of dreams,
Looking for love in the wrong damn scenes.
Chasing pretty faces, falling for lies,
Searching for heaven in a devil's disguise.
Every sweet promise was a beautiful trap,
Gave away my heart, never got nothing back.
Thought I found forever in a temporary smile,
Walked a thousand miles just to hurt for a while.
See, honesty don't grow on trees,
It takes two souls and a lifetime to believe.
Trust ain't a gift you can buy or steal,
It's built through the storms when the pain gets real.
But I was too blind, too young to understand,
Thought holding on tight made somebody your man.
I was giving out love like it came for free,
To people who never gave a damn about me.
Then I met somebody, thought my search was done,
Thought I'd found my moon, my stars, my sun.
Put my whole damn world in the palm of her hand,
Never knew that love could bury a man.
[Chorus - Soulful female vocals, heavy drums]
Young love, where have you been?
I've been through hell just to love again.
Broken promises, tears in the rain,
Never thought my heart could beat through the pain.
Young love, don't let me go,
Be my summer when the winter blows.
When our hair turns grey and the years roll by,
I'll still see that young love in your eyes.
Oh, young love, stay with me,
You're the only forever I wanna see.
[Verse 2 - Aggressive drums and distorted bass]
You were supposed to be the half of my soul,
The one who kept me warm when the world turned cold.
The one I could trust when the whole world lied,
The one who'd never leave when the tears wouldn't dry.
Two-bar silence, then massive beat drop
But the deepest wounds come from the closest hands,
From the one who swore they'd always understand.
You knew every secret, every scar I concealed,
Then you broke the very heart you promised to heal.
Ain't it funny how a stranger can leave you alone,
But the one you call home can make you homeless at home?
How a thousand little lies can destroy one truth,
How a grown-ass man can cry like a youth?
I was fighting for us while you let it all die,
Asking myself questions with no damn reply.
Was I ever enough? Was the whole thing fake?
How much can a heart give before it breaks?
I ain't gonna lie, man, I lost my way,
Couldn't sleep at night, couldn't face the day.
Had to pick up the pieces, get my shit in line,
Learn to live again with this heart of mine.
Stopped chasing shadows, stopped begging to stay,
Started finding myself in the mess you made.
And somewhere between letting go and moving on,
I found a little strength I thought was gone.
Chorus - Powerful female vocals
Young love, where have you been?
I've been through hell just to love again.
Broken promises, tears in the rain,
Never thought my heart could beat through the pain.
Young love, don't let me go,
Be my summer when the winter blows.
When our hair turns grey and the years roll by,
I'll still see that young love in your eyes.
Verse 3 - Hard drums, warmer piano
Wasn't looking for love, wasn't chasing a dream,
Just a tired old soul trying to get myself clean.
No more late-night promises, no more beautiful lies,
No more searching for heaven in somebody's eyes.
Then you came along like a song I ain't heard,
Didn't need no diamonds, didn't need fancy words.
Wasn't looking for a hero, wasn't asking for gold,
Just a heart that was honest and a hand you could hold.
You saw through the cracks, saw the pain in my smile,
Never asked me to change, just walked with me a while.
You didn't try to fix me or erase my past,
Just showed me that something beautiful could last.
I never saw you coming, never planned this road,
You showed up with a light when I was carrying a load.
No games, no masks, no running around,
Just two lonely hearts on some unexpected ground.
And the craziest thing, you were nothing I chased,
No familiar illusion, no familiar face.
You were everything I needed but never knew,
And for the first time, I wasn't scared of something true.
You gave young love a meaning I never understood,
Made an ordinary day feel impossibly good.
And I swear if I could live this life again,
I'd walk through every heartbreak just to meet you in the end.
Bridge - Piano, female harmonies
Maybe love ain't fireworks lighting up the sky,
Maybe it's a quiet hand when you're too tired to try.
Maybe it ain't perfect, maybe that's okay,
Maybe it's just choosing one another every day.
I don't need a thousand lovers, don't need a thousand nights,
Just one who'll hold me close when nothing's going right.
One who knows my darkness and still welcomes the da