Only The Young
Promotional Single featured in Miss Americana | 2020
Background and Lyrical Theme
«It was hard to see so many people feel like they had canvassed and done everything and tried so hard. 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 and how to pay their bills, and climate change, and are we going to war — all these horrific situations that we find ourselves facing right now.»
Critical Reception
Commercial Performance
Usage in the Biden/Harris 2020 Campaign
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
But only the young, only the young
Only the young, only the young
Can run
Can run
So run, and run, and run
[Verse 2]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young (Only the young)
Only the young
[Final Chorus]
Only the young (Only the young; Don’t say you’re too tired to fight)
Only the young (Only the young; It’s just a matter of time)
Only the young (Only the young; Up there’s the finish line)
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)
[Outro]
Only the young
Only the young
Only the young
Released | January 31, 2020 |
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Recorded | 2018 |
Studio | Electric Lady (NYC) |
Genre | Electro Pop |
Length | 2:37 |
Label | Republic Records |
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Joel Little |
Producers | Joel Little Taylor Swift |