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This steady, lamenting track shares the woefully reminiscent theme of “Things We Lost in the Fire” and the late night consideration of “4AM” and “Sleepsong”. It marks the cold end of Dan’s youth and expresses mixed feelings about remembering childhood. He enjoys reliving the memories, but fears this...
[Intro]
"So the question is, why doesn't he grow up?
Why does he still behave as a child?
How can we help him get rid of these leftovers from childish behavior?"
[Verse 1]
This is the winter of our youth, oh, but I'm not there yet
I've got nostalgia running through me and I don't like it
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh my, my, my, my
Now, I can almost taste it, taste it
But I just hope we didn't waste it away
[Chorus]
I know the winter's getting colder, but why?
Just 'cause we're a little older, do I relive it, I relive it all?
I'm pedalling backwards even if I'm pedalling alone
Can't help it, I relive it, I relive it all
[Verse 2]
It's 4am, here comes the fear, I'm not prepared yet
And when we pick over the past, we glorify it
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh my, my, my, my
I hope I wasn't wasted, wasted
And I, I hope I didn't drink it away
[Chorus]
I know the winter's getting colder, but why?
Just 'cause we're a little older, do I relive it, I relive it all?
I'm pedalling backwards even if I'm pedalling alone
Can't help it, I relive it, I relive it all
[Bridge]
I let myself bathe in the past for way, way, way too long
And now it seems I've drunk too much to give you what you want
[Chorus]
I know the winter's getting colder, but why?
Just 'cause we're a little older, do I relive it, I relive it all?
I'm pedalling backwards even if I'm pedalling alone
Can't help it, I relive it, I relive it all
[Outro]
Can't help it, I relive it, I relive it all
Can't help it, I relive it, I relive it all
I'm pedalling backwards even if I'm pedalling alone
Can't help it, I relive it, I relive it all
Winter of Our Youth was written by Dan Smith.
Bastille released Winter of Our Youth on Fri Sep 09 2016.
It’s from Act Your Age, a 1949 social guidance film by Coronet Instructional Films. The film is in the public domain and can be viewed here.
In the first year of the Wild World tour, “Winter of Our Youth” was only played twice. In a September 2017 Q+A, Dan explained that it is “difficult and [they’re] lazy”.