Forever Young

As this is a week of songs, a group of my friends were reminiscing some of our favourite old bands and songs that used to occupy so much of our teenage lives. As some of you may know of my musical history, this was one of the songs that I used to put up in a school concert way back when I was ... oh so very young then :-)

Although I have a great weakness and inclination for British bands, this German synthopop group has 2 songs which I loved then: Forever Young and Big In Japan. But I guess this song will resonate in our ears throughout the ages as many of us have secretly wished for being Forever Young...

Forever Young - Alphaville

Lets dance in style, lets dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won?
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
The music's played by the madmen

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
We let them come true