Nothing screams rebellion more than a rock song about revolting and making a change in the world. As technology advances and the world becomes more futuristic, the predictable downside is how the wealth gap will grow making those in power only stronger while the rest of the world is left to suffer. The energy of this song is passionately strong and flowing with rage as it speaks to the younger generation to open their eyes and fight back for their future. I personally think this is the perfect anthem for a cyberpunk world falling apart at its seams. The song emphasizes their struggles of being young and unfairly born in a dystopia. Having to fight for survival while watching others unethically die. The inspiration of the lyrics are overflowing with detail so lets take a deeper dive.
The song Young is about Hollywood Undead’s perception of the current generation and how they have the power to change the world in any way they want, according to Genius. The song starts out strong with, “We are young, but we have heart. Born in this world as it all falls apart. We are strong, but we don’t belong. Born in this world as it all falls apart.” The songwriter puts clear emphasis on the pain of being new to the world and already having the perspective of living in unbearable conditions. It is summed up as a world where you have to adapt just to survive.
In the first verse the song continues now pointing out the cause. They figuratively bring up the joy of children minds before they truly open their eyes to the twisted world around them. These same children see the corruption overtime. The use of the words “hate” and “hatred” are repeated to show how division is used amongst society. How the enemy, those in power, are causing all the pain and purposely oppressing people. The words hit home with their final line, “Medication for the kids with no reason to live.” Showing that their world’s corruption is so bad that even the children who need help already gave up on themselves.
The second verse focuses on the shift to fight back. Their once beautiful worldview is now tainted and the song tells them to stand up and make a change. The pain and frustration in the singers voice for the ending lines are done so well as they point out they never wanted all this. They never wanted all this hatred and fighting. They were just born in a world where it was the only way to survive. A corrupt world that takes the innocent hearts of children and turn them into merciless monsters who don’t have a choice.
The ending is what really ties the whole purpose of the song together nicely. It is repeated over and over that no matter what they will not stop fighting for change. For a better future. Even if the rebels, the children who were once innocent and carefree, die during this fight they still won’t give up. The push is until they can have heaven on Earth or be freed by the angels above.
I also would like to give credit to Madeline Hays for the inspiration behind this because of her post in the assignment bank about how does a song make you feel. These song lyrics were formed in the early 2000s as a call to action for the youth to rise up and fight back for a better future. We are currently now living in the future that they were warning us about and I believe the song could still apply to certain aspects of society now. But with how fast technology is advancing, Young could easily turn into a song about our world being a cyberpunk dystopia. That is when I believe it will truly become the anthem of a corrupt future.