He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
I see the children in the rain like the parade before the pain
I see the love, I see the hate, I see this world that we can make
I see the life, I see the sky, Give it all to see you fly
Yes, we wave this flag of hatred, but you're the ones who made it
Watch the beauty of all our lies passing right before my eyes
I hear the hate in all your words. All the wars to make us hurt
We get so sick oh so sick, we never wanted all this
Medication for the kids with no reason to live
So we
March to the drums of the dammed as we come
Watch it burn in the sun, we are numb
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
As we walk among these shadows, in these streets, these fields of battle
Take it up, we wear the medal, raise your hands with burning candles
Hear us whisper in the dark, in the rain you see the spark
Feel the beating of our hearts, fleeting hope as we depart
All together, walk alone against all we've ever known
All we've ever really wanted was a place to call our home
But you take all we are, the innocence of our hearts
Made to kneel before the alter as you tear us apart
So we
March to the drums of the dammed as we come
Watch it burn in the sun, we are numb
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We will fight or we will fall
Till the angels save us all
We will fight or we will fall
Till the angels save us all
We will fight or we will fall
Till the angels save us all
We will fight or we will fall
Till the angels save us all
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
I see the children in the rain like the parade before the pain
I see the love, I see the hate, I see this world that we can make
I see the life, I see the sky, Give it all to see you fly
Yes, we wave this flag of hatred, but you're the ones who made it
Watch the beauty of all our lies passing right before my eyes
I hear the hate in all your words. All the wars to make us hurt
We get so sick oh so sick, we never wanted all this
Medication for the kids with no reason to live
So we
March to the drums of the dammed as we come
Watch it burn in the sun, we are numb
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
As we walk among these shadows, in these streets, these fields of battle
Take it up, we wear the medal, raise your hands with burning candles
Hear us whisper in the dark, in the rain you see the spark
Feel the beating of our hearts, fleeting hope as we depart
All together, walk alone against all we've ever known
All we've ever really wanted was a place to call our home
But you take all we are, the innocence of our hearts
Made to kneel before the alter as you tear us apart
So we
March to the drums of the dammed as we come
Watch it burn in the sun, we are numb
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We will fight or we will fall
Till the angels save us all
We will fight or we will fall
Till the angels save us all
We will fight or we will fall
Till the angels save us all
We will fight or we will fall
Till the angels save us all
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
We don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
Lyrics submitted by xdearvanity, edited by OldSoul1429
Young Lyrics as written by George Arthur Ragan Aron Erlichman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Whenever i hear this song this is all i can picture.
A group of kids that don't want to go through life not doing anything to be remembered by, they want to make a change, they want to be remembered, they don't want to follow the normal, they will leave their homes and see how much better they can do. a huge group of kids. with ripped and torn clothes, with hollywood undead leading them throughout the streets. And all the streets are destroyed and ruined.
But you see the kids with hope in their eyes.
Thats what this song means.
I think it also means 'in the darkest times, you can always find hope.'<br /> <br /> I agree with you.
Your a visionary! xD this would make a great music video for the song.<br /> This song makes me want to get all my friends and just march to downing street singing this song as we go! Fuck the goverment!
the lyrics "we are strong, we don't belong" means everybody is strong and the government makes us feel like we don't belong "we wave this flag of hatred but you're the one who made it." means we don't like the government and alot of other things in this world but they are the ones causing that hatred to show from us towards them. "I see this love i see this hate i see this world that we can make." means the government is giving up an opportunity to make this a better place to live. "We are young But we have heart Born in this world as it all falls apart"means that all the young people were given this world we live in today all the young people were not prepared to take this world but it was dumped on us, we tried to clean it up but it didn't work. "all together walk alone against all we've ever known" means that we want to walk together against the government but everybody is so trained and so many people look up to this government they don't want to "we will fight or we will fall till the angels save us all" means that we will fight to gain power or over throw the government or die trying until they give up.
well HOT FUCKIN DAMN i love this shit.
This is because the directed audience does not think for themselves. But I am not hating a catchy song, just the people bickering over it. Why does anyone care about this shit(What other people think about their own fav. song), sometimes I thnk that people use these websites as a place to be heard, not to be listened to. And yes I commented on the first comment to be heard, but how else could I have been able to tell you this over the noise of the song's other replies, do our turns to comment mean anything when the people replying are not thinking?
"I see the children in the rain Like the parade of all the pain"
It sounds like this ----
"I see the children in the rain, Like the parade before the pain"
And the other question mark is right.
thats because its not suppose to have the "all" in it
i would say MatterDestroyer and godblessrockmusicians, you guys have nothing else better to do than to make fun of other bands that you dont like because you guys have no life. and if you said all of this shit to HU's faces, you guys would get your asses beat. so sitting in your moms basement behind your computer isnt going to get you anywhere so you should just shutup because your gay, no one likes you, and most people just really dont give one shit fuck what you two no life losers think.
You would say that because about ten other people already have and you are less creative than the things that come out of my dick. Believe it or not, I can take a few minutes out of my day to type a short comment and still function as a regular human being. If it takes a member of the "HU Army" six hours the develop a response on this site then please don't assume the same for the rest of humanity. You think that a group of six grown derelicts could "beat the asses" of just two highschoolers? They should be so proud of themselves. I can tell that you're a wealth of intellectuality, I mean you do use "gay" derogatorily. And once again I'll close yet again with, If you didn't give a shit why did you dedicate whatever amount of time you did to bitch with the vocabulary/grammar of a twelve year old and tell me how you don't care?
I think you meant to say "you're gay" because "your gay" is showing possesion, so you're saying we have gay, which makes about as much sense as the point you were trying to prove there. Yes I do live with my parents, I'd say most 17 year olds do don't. And no my house does not have a basement. And if nobody gives a "one shit fuck", which I guess is a reference to anal sex, why are there so many replies? And yes, I'd hope even a band consisting of the six biggest pussies like hollywood undead could beat two 17 year olds up. <br /> <br /> And of course if you're going to post another oh so clever rebuttal, please do so on the first page.
I think you meant to say "you're gay" because "your gay" is showing possesion, so you're saying we have gay, which makes about as much sense as the point you were trying to prove there. Yes I do live with my parents, I'd say most 17 year olds do don't. And no my house does not have a basement. And if nobody gives a "one shit fuck", which I guess is a reference to anal sex, why are there so many replies? And yes, I'd hope even a band consisting of the six biggest pussies like hollywood undead could beat two 17 year olds up. <br /> <br /> And of course if you're going to post another oh so clever rebuttal, please do so on the first page.
I made a mistake in my previous reply. I called hollywood undead a band. What I meant to say was "Group of slightly retarded guys trying their hardest to imitate the sound of a drove of cattle all having sex."
hahahaha whatever i dont care what you think
So why are you wasting my time dumbass?
because its funny<br />
Usually if I happen to be apathetic about something I don't argue about it. Then again, my genitals work.
okay, i fixed it. thanks. :)
beautiful song. :]
the vision.
love it. the lyrics are self-explanatory.
^^ yea pretty much all their songs are self explanatory
no its definitely "we have heart"
because, for one, it makes more sense. and also heart rhymes with apart, which is in the next line.