"We Are Young" lyrics

"We Are Young"
(feat. Janelle MonĂ¡e)

Give me a second I
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar
My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you're trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I'm trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Now I know that I'm not
All that you got
I guess that I, I just thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friends are back
So let's raise a toast
'Cause I found someone to carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)

The moon is on my side (Nananananana)
I have no reason to run (Nananananana)
So will someone come and carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
The angels never arrived (Nananananana)
But I can hear the choir (Nananananana)
So will someone come and carry me home (Nananananana)

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home tonight


Thanks to Brittany, Tibby, Kelsey McClelland, Lisa Van Mol for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Jeffrey Bhasker, Jack Michael Antonoff, Nathaniel Joseph Ruess, Andrew Dost
The lead single from the album, it debuted on Tampa Bay radio station 97X on the 19th of September 2011 and was officially released one day later.
The success came to this track after its cover was performed on the TV show "Glee" and in a Chevrolet Sonic commercial that aired during Super Bowl XLVI.
A music video for this track was filmed at David Sukonick Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 2012. It is the band's first number-one single.
"We Are Young" has been certified five-times "Platinum" by the Recording Industry Association of America.