"Only The Young" lyrics

"Only The Young"
(from "Taylor Swift: Miss Americana" soundtrack)

It keeps me awake
The look on your face
The moment you heard the news
You're screaming inside
And frozen in time
You did all that you could do
The game was rigged, the ref got tricked
The wrong ones think they're right
You were outnumbered — this time

But only the young
Only the young
Only the young
Only the young can run
Can run, so run
And run, and run

So every day now
You brace for the sound
You've only heard on TV
You go to class, scared
Wondering where the best hiding spot would be
And the big bad man and his big bad clan
Their hands are stained with red
Oh, how quickly, they forget

They aren't gonna help us
Too busy helping themselves
They aren't gonna change this
We gotta do it ourselves
They think that it's over
But it's just begun

Only one thing can save us
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young

Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young
Only the young (Only the young)
(Don't say you're too tired to fight
It's just a matter of time
Up there's the finish line)
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young
Can run

Don't say you're too tired to fight
It's just a matter of time (Can run)
Up there's the finish line
So run, and run, and run
Don't say you're too tired to fight
It's just a matter of time (So run)
Up there's the finish line
And run, and run, and run

Only the young
Only the young
Only the young


Writer(s): Taylor Swift, Joel Little
"Only The Young" was released on 01/31/2020, simultaneously with the Netflix documentary "Taylor Swift: Miss Americana". Swift commented on the song, "I don't see it as a single. I just see it as a song that goes with this film. I don't see it as a 'let's go make a music video and try to see what this does at radio' single."
Taylor Swift explained in an interview for Variety that she had written this song after USA 2018 midterm elections. She said in particular, "I saw a lot of young people's hopes dashed. And I found that to be particularly tragic, because young people are the people who feel the worst effects of gun violence, and student loans and trying to figure out how to start their lives..."
Emmi and Lila—two daughters of Joel Little who co-wrote and co-produced this track—sang harmonies on it without knowing that they would be used on a Taylor Swift's song. He wrote about it on Twitter on 01/22/2020, "My kids are gonna absolutely lose their shit."
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