Youngblood

5 Seconds of Summer

Remember the words you told me

“Love me ’til the day I die”

Surrender my everything

’Cause you made me believe you’re mine

Yeah, you used to call me baby

Now you’re calling me by name

Takes one to know one, yeah

You beat me at my own damn game

You push and you push and I’m pulling away

Pulling away from you

I give and I give and I give and you take

Give and you take

Youngblood

Say you want me, say you want me out of your life

And I’m just a dead man walking tonight

But you need it, yeah, you need it all of the time

Yeah, ooh, ooh, ooh

Youngblood

Say you want me, say you want me back in your life

So I’m just a dead man crawling tonight

’Cause I need it, yeah, I need it all of the time

Yeah, ooh, ooh, ooh

Lately our conversations

End like it’s the last goodbye

Then one of us gets too drunk

And calls about a hundred times

So, who you been calling baby?

Nobody could take my place

When you’re looking at those strangers

Hope to God you see my face

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Background

This is a single from 5 Seconds of Summer, consisting of four boys from Sydney, Australia. The song introduces pulsating synths, banging drums and a killer chorus. They are moving further and further away from their pop-punk sound. This honest track looks at a relationship where they’ve reached breaking point and they push each other away but it’s still so hard to say goodbye as there are strong feelings involved.