Cover art for Coming of Age (Live From the Village) by Foster the People

Coming of Age (Live From the Village)

Apr. 16, 20141 viewer

Coming of Age (Live From the Village) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well I see you standing there like a rabid dog
And you got those crying eyes
Makes me want to surrender and wrap you in my arms
You know I try to live without regrets
I'm always moving forward and not looking back
But I tend to leave a trail of dead, while I'm moving ahead
So I'm stepping away
Cause I got nothing to say

[Chorus 1]
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
It feels like, feels
It’s like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age

[Verse 2]
And when my fear pulls me out to sea
And the stars are hidden by my pride and my enemies
I seem to hurt the people that care the most
Just like an animal I protect my pride
When I'm too bruised to fight
And even when I'm wrong I tend to think I'm right

[Bridge]
Well I’m bored of the game
And too tired to rage
[Chorus 2]
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
It feels like, feels
It’s like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
And I'm burning the page

[Chorus 1]
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
It feels like, feels
It’s like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age

[Instrumental]

[Chorus 3]
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
It feels like, feels
It’s like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
It feels like, feels like a coming
Feels like, feels like it’s coming of age
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
Feels like, feels like it’s coming
Uuuuh uuuuh

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From their Xfm radio interview: “Coming of Age was the last song we wrote for the record, we wrote it in the studio while we were recording,” Mark said. “It kind of came out of nowhere, which songs do sometimes. It’s kind of funny, it’s the last song we wrote and recorded and it is the first song everybody is going to hear.

“Lyrically it is almost a confession. It is about a moment of clarity, having a moment of clarity and I think for me this year, being home, was that quiet after the storm of touring for two years and my life drastically changing.

“It was kind of the first breath I had to really look around and see that there were some things that happened during that period with my friends and with my loved ones, with the people that are close to me and with myself as well. It is the first time that I got a clear look on those things and that’s kind of what the song is about. It’s about growing up.”

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Lyrically it is almost a confession. It is about a moment of clarity, having a moment of clarity and I think for me this year, being home, was that quiet after the storm of touring for two years and my life drastically changing.
It was kind of the first breath I had to really look around and see that there were some things that happened during that period with my friends and with my loved ones, with the people that are close to me and with myself as well. It is the first time that I got a clear look on those things and that’s kind of what the song is about. It’s about growing up.

-Mark Foster to XFM Radio London)

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