1/18/2024 0 Comments Growing up lyrics phil![]() ![]() Old-school Genesis fans blamed him for turning the group away from its prog-rock roots. There is no doubt that TXT’s music, with their signature sound and empowered, confident lyrics, is a journal of today’s Gen Z.For a long time, Phil Collins was everybody’s punching bag. In Blue Hour, they happily sing about their youth and those special moments that they want to freeze forever: " The day we danced as if it were for eternity/ Turn around and stop/ We danced all night/ Freeze this moment. ![]() TXT, whose members are now in their 20s, reflect on the moments that they’ve missed because of the pandemic in We Lost the Summer: The song goes, " Soccer cleats, chatter and heat/ Earphones that we shared in secret/ Popular songs, classroom concert/ We lost the sunset, now don’t know what to do." You’re only young once, they say, and that time flies swiftly. In addition, TXT's track Thursday’s Child Has Far to Go is a song about moving on and being hopeful that you will be okay as “splendid days await.” On enjoying the thrill of youth Meanwhile, the very angsty Good Boy Gone Bad, reflects a more jaded view of love after a heartbreak: " Put that nail in the coffin over the word forever/ You completely changed me when I was fragile." The emotional track Opening Sequence is asking someone to stay while memories of their time together linger on. Like the stages of grief, TXT talks about heartaches in three different phases. Staying in love can be tough, especially when everyone around you is telling you you're to young to do so. In LO$ER=LOVER, TXT tells you that sometimes, fighting for that love no matter the odds could make you feel like a winner above all else. TXT’s 0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You) captures the passionate feelings of falling in love and wanting to run away with your loved one. ![]() Who hasn’t been in love while they were young? But we also know how young love almost always turns out to be a heartache. ![]() It comes with the lyrics, " Please stop/ This recurring nightmare every night/ Your hand that’s just out of reach." On being young and in love Meanwhile, Eternally uses the switching and contrasting styles of singing to reflect the struggle of growing distant yet still wanting to keep a friend or loved one. TXT talks about this in the angsty track Can’t You See Me? With its lines, "Can't you see me? Friends don't understand me, understand me anymore," the famous boy group is telling MOAs that, hey, it's alright to be sad at times. Loneliness and feelings of alienation are quite common while growing up. The struggles and insecurities that they felt as trainees are reflected in the lyrics, " I still feel small and small to fit me into a big frame." On coping with feelings of alienation Maze in the Mirror, from the album The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY, was composed during their trainee days, reminding the group of the days old past. Its lyrics, "There's a horn rising up in my head/But I love it/You become my crown," could serve as a lesson in turning one's challenges into stepping stones to becoming a better person. In CROWN, from TXT's album The Dream Chapter: STAR, the group sings about embracing the changes that come with adolescence-both the good and the bad. Teenage angst is real and even K-pop idols go through them. Growing up is hard but doing so under the scrutinous public eye is even more difficult. ![]()
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