Lirik lagu ‘When We Were Young.’ Lagu hit Adele yang membuat kita bernostalgia dengan sosok terkasih kita.
Bukanlah rahasia lagi bahwa rata-rata tema dari lagu-lagu milik Adele adalah patah hati, kepedihan, dan kemarahan dengan mantan kekasih.
Akan tetapi, toh dalam beberapa lagunya yang lain, liriknya juga bertemakan rasa kangen atau refleksi terhadap masa lalu yang indah-indah itu. Nah ‘When We Were Young’ adalah salah satu lagu yang liriknya bertemakan hal tersebut.
Lagu Refleksi Terhadap Usia yang Kian Bertambah
‘When We Were Young’ yang diambil dari album ketiga Adele yang bertajuk 25 (2015), pada dasarnya merupakan lagu yang mengajak kita untuk merefleksikan kembali terhadap usia yang kian bertambah alias menua setiap tahunnya.
Nah di tengah refleksi tersebut, kita pun lantas mengingat atau bahkan melihat kembali foto-foto lama ketika muda atau melihat langsung teman-teman sekitar kita dan kembali bercengkrama dan bernostalgia indah kembali ke masa muda yang indah dan liar itu.
Ketika sedang melakukan nostalgia tersebut, kita dan teman-teman lantas memutuskan untuk mengambil foto bersama. Nah foto tersebut akan kita simpan dan kenang baik-baik. Karena belum tentu kita akan bisa foto bareng lagi di tahun-tahun berikutnya.
Akan tetapi pada saat yang sama, Adele melalui liriknya juga ingin mengajak kita untuk terus merasa muda terlepas usia yang kian bertambah tersebut.
Lirik Lagu When We Were Young
Verse 1
Everybody loves the things you do
From the way you talk to the way you move
Everybody here is watching you
‘Cause you feel like home,you’re like a dream come true
But if by chance you’re here alone
Can I have a moment before I go?
‘Cause I’ve been by myself all night long
Hoping you’re someone I used to know
Pre-Chorus 1
You look like a movie
You sound like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young
Chorus
Let me photograph you in this light
In case it is the last time that we might
Be exactly like we were before we realised
We were sad of getting old, it made us restless
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song….
Verse 2
I was so scared to face my fears
Nobody told me that you’d be here
And I swear you’d moved overseas
That’s what you said when you left me
Pre-Chorus 2
You still look like a movie
You still sound like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young
*balik ke chorus*
Refrain
(When we were young)
(When we were young)
(When we were young)
(When we were young)
Bridge
It’s hard to admit that everything just takes me back
To when you were there, to when you were there
And a part of me keeps holding on just in case it hasn’t gone
‘Cause I still care, do you still care?
Breakdown
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young…….
*balik ke refrain (backing vocals)*
Outro Chorus
Let me photograph you in this light
In case it is the last time that we might
Be exactly like we were before we realised
We were sad of getting old, it made us restless
Oh, I’m so mad I’m getting old, it makes me reckless
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song
When we were young…..
