Beloved by the band and inspired by the anthemic quality of LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” and Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe in Anything,” “Young Enough” serves as the album’s thematic centerpiece: the importance of being kind to yourself and taking ownership of how much growth you have experience...
[Verse 1]
Right
Luminous inside
I am diving to drown in you
The stripes, your eyes, your voice, the night
We're young enough
To believe it should hurt this much
The stripes, your eyes, I always wanted to try
[Verse 2]
Right
Luminous inside
I am diving to drown in you
The stripes, your eyes, your voice, the night
Home
All the lights turned on
Do you remember running barefoot against the dark?
I elected to drown in you
[Chorus]
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can’t protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You're a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
[Post-Chorus]
Feast for eyes, almost too alive
From gigantic down to the floor to sweat it out
Panicked, exploding
The headlights below us
I had to outgrow it to know or destroy you
[Verse 3]
Right
Keep me up all night
Every void ’til the afterlife
It's just the way your hair hangs in your face makes me wanna die
So come home
With the lights turned on
Do you remember running barefoot against the dark?
I elected to drown in you
[Chorus]
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
I could never get in, I could never get back
He is full of the worst and he looks it
[Post-Chorus]
Whether under water or under me
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You're a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
Wasted, shy, almost too alive
From gigantic down to the floor to sweat it out
Nobody knows you, the weight of your trust
How I crushed and consumed you and loved you too much
Feast for eyes
How I changed your mind, but
Who am I if I don't have you now?
Nobody knows you
The fate of a crush
How I had to consume and destroy us
[Bridge]
We’re young enough
To believe it should hurt this much
Do you remember running barefoot against me?
[Chorus]
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can’t protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You’re a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
[Outro]
We're young enough
Young Enough was written by Sam Hendricks & Eva Hendricks.
Young Enough was produced by Joe Chiccarelli.
Charly Bliss released Young Enough on Fri May 10 2019.
“Young Enough” came into fruition from a bold idea and an even bolder claim by drummer Sam Hendricks:
“I have an idea for a song that has one chord that never changes all the way through it and for some reason I know it’s going to be the best song on the album.”