We Are So Young

Tom: Am

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Hey ahooo hey-o hey-ooo
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Hey ahooo hey-o hey-ooo

[Verse 1]
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I was born 16 years ago
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So I know what it means to feel pain
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And I’ve lived a life, long and rich enough
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To have felt the slings and arrows of oppression
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Military drums kick in at once
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Because they sound triumphant and grand
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Big outdoor reverb to make it sound like we’re in a field
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Like we’re some kind of marching band

[Prechorus]
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Images of sporting victory
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Confused backdrop glamourising war
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But the old kind of war, not the awful 20th century kind
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Like the crusades
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Or The American Civil War
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Or a naval battle
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Or some roman shit

[Chorus]
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We Are So Young, You Are So Inspired
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We’ve come so far, we won’t be held back
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You Are So Inspired, We Are So Young
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The World is ours, we have life experience

[Verse 2]
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Drums that you’d describe as tribal
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They’re so low that we don’t need a bassist
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But if you stop to think about how we’re using them
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You might say it’s borderline racist
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20 layers of my voice plus a choir
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Because choirs sound epic and majestic
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Stereo panning at 100%
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Because the wider it is, the bigger it feels

[Bridge]
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Majesty,
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Harmony,
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Victory,
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Angels
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Panoramic,
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Skydiving,
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Chocolate,
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Volcanos,
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swordfish,
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quinoa salad
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instagram,
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Joan of Arc,
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cruciverbalist
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The Olympics
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Y ahora en español

[Chorus]
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We Are So Young, You Are So Inspired
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We know nothing and yet you’re inspired
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You Are So Inspired, We Are So Young
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We’re not Naive, we know what Naive means

[Patter]
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And I’m singing in a patter cause we’re gonna drop the music
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Cause I’ve always found that setting things syllabically is memorable
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and wonderful that I can use so many words to say nothing at all
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High nooooooote

[Chorus]
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We are so young You are so inspired
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We’ve made so much money, you’re eating it up
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You are so inspired, we are so young
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We’re just like you, but also we’re better