Live While We're Young | One Direction

What is the meaning and main idea of One Direction's Live While We're Young song? What is the message the song tries to convey? Continue reading this article to find the meaning. And for your reference, below is the complete lyric of the song.

Live While We're Young - One Direction

I
Hey girl, I'm waitin' on ya, I'm waitin' on ya
Come on and let me sneak you out
And have a celebration, a celebration
The music up, the window's down

II
Yeah, we'll be doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool
And we know it too
Yeah, we'll keep doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool
So tonight

CHORUS
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy till we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some
And live while we're young
Woahhh oh oh oh
Woahhhh oh oh oh
And live while we're young
Woahhh oh oh oh
Tonight let's get some

IV
And live while we're young

Hey girl, it's now or never, it's now or never
Don't over-think, just let it go
And if we get together, yeah, get together
Don't let the pictures leave your phone, ohhhh

Yeah, we'll be doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool
So tonight

CHORUS

And live while we're young

And girl, you and I,
We're 'bout to make some memories tonight

I wanna live while we're young
We wanna live while we're young

CHORUS

And live while we're young
Wanna live, wanna live, wanna live
Come on, younnngg
Wanna live, wanna live, wanna live
While we're young
Wanna live, wanna live, wanna live

Tonight let's get some

And live while we're young

Meaning, Main Idea and Message of The Song

Among precious things in life is youth. This period is commonly represented by teenagers' lifestyle. It's the period when we see everything quite differently. Things which adult people see as unimportant or even wasteful are regarded very important by teenagers. The period is characterized by excitement. In fact, teenagers' life is about everything exciting. Instead of reason, it's feeling which dominantly drives whatever they do. If they find something as interesting, they will do it whatever it takes. In contrast, if they feel something as boring and uninteresting, however useful the thing is, then they will refuse it. This statement is proved by One Direction's Live While We're Young song lyric which will be explained below.

Based on the lyric of the song above, I can conclude that this One Direction's Live While We're Young song tells about teenagers' life. If you wonder, the following is the teenagers' life described by the song: They are determined to keep doing whatever they want regardless what other people say about them (verse 2). If the girl's parents prohibit them to go out, then the boy will sneak her out (verse 1). They like to enjoy the night. They even like to go crazy till the sun comes up (Chorus part). Different from adult who think everything deeply, they tend to take anything easy and never think about the consequence of what they do (verse 4). They often document their craziness in the form of photos which, when it is spread to public, can mess up their life (verse 4).

Reading the above paragraph, you may think the period has nothing good. If you really think so, then I must say that you are wrong. It's true that this period in life is usually filled with something wasteful. Teenagers often waste anything they could: they waste their energy, their money, and their time. However, you must keep it in mind that while they do waste, they are trying to find their life calling. You know, such a thing cannot be found by using reason. It can only be pursued using feeling. So, however bad they period may seem, it is a very important phase of human life.

Well, that's my interpretation of One Direction's Live While We're Young song. Your comments are highly appreciated.

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