“When We Were Young” adalah salah satu lagu dari album “25” yang berhasil menyentuh hati banyak orang. Lagu ini menampilkan lirik yang penuh dengan nostalgia dan kerinduan, membawa pendengarnya kembali ke masa lalu yang penuh kenangan. “When We Were Young” menjadi salah satu lagu paling populer dalam album tersebut, dengan lirik yang menggambarkan perasaan rindu akan masa lalu dan orang-orang yang pernah menjadi bagian penting dalam hidup kita.
Lirik Lagu When We Were Young
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
You look like a movie
You sound like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young
Let me photograph you in this light
In case it is the last time
That we might be exactly like we were
Before we realized
We were sad of getting old
It made us restless
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song
I was so scared to face my fears
Cause nobody told me that you’d be here
And I swore you moved overseas
That’s what you said, when you left me
You still look like a movie
You still sound like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young
Let me photograph you in this light
In case it is the last time
That we might be exactly like we were
Before we realized
We were sad of getting old
It made us restless
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
It’s hard to win me back
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
I guess I still care
Do you still care?
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
Let me photograph you in this light
In case it is the last time
That we might be exactly like we were
Before we realized
We were sad of getting old
It made us restless
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
Makna Lirik
Lirik “When We Were Young” menceritakan tentang nostalgia dan kerinduan akan masa lalu. Adele menggambarkan perasaan rindu terhadap kenangan masa muda yang indah, di mana semuanya terasa lebih sederhana dan penuh kebahagiaan. Lagu ini mengajak pendengarnya untuk mengingat kembali masa-masa tersebut, sekaligus menyadari bahwa waktu telah berlalu dan semuanya telah berubah. Liriknya yang penuh emosi dan kejujuran membuat lagu ini sangat menyentuh dan relevan bagi banyak orang yang merasakan hal yang sama.
Proses Penciptaan Lagu
“When We Were Young” ditulis oleh Adele bersama Tobias Jesso Jr., seorang penulis lagu dan produser musik. Proses penciptaan lagu ini terinspirasi dari keinginan Adele untuk menulis lagu yang bisa menggambarkan perasaan nostalgia secara mendalam. Musik dari lagu ini dikomposisikan dengan sentuhan retro, yang memperkuat tema nostalgia dalam liriknya. Proses rekaman dilakukan dengan fokus pada vokal Adele yang kuat dan emosional, menciptakan suasana yang penuh dengan kehangatan dan kerinduan. Setiap elemen dalam lagu ini dirancang untuk memperkuat pesan nostalgia yang ingin disampaikan oleh Adele.