“We are the reckless, we are the wild.” The artist of these lyrics, Elena Tonra, expresses the naivety and recklessness of youth, in her song titled “Youth.” During the duration of the song, she sings about growing up and the pain this brings along. Her song is a scream of pain directed to all the adults who think that young people have nothing to worry about and they do not take the youth seriously. She opposes strongly this general illusion of a carefree youth. She also addresses a more personal point when she sings about losing her home—either her childhood or a feeling of safety—and some event or person that caused it and she blames this person for it. She paints an image of her generation: young people who have no clue where to go and how to live life. They want to die before they grow old. By committing suicide, traffic accidents, drugs, and so on. They set fire to their insides for fun literally by smoking cigarettes, but also metaphorically by revolting and experimenting with extreme options. The youth do not …show more content…
She uses imagery of destruction to present emotions of misery and emptiness that showcase the way of youth, herself included, feel when faced with loss. She uses dark images of blood, death, fire and a flood to explain the tragedy of her situation and the feeling of desperation she experiences. “If you’re still bleeding/You’re the lucky ones”, referring to the fact that she no longer feels jovial or full of life as the “reckless youth” she first portrayed, instead she feels lifeless. The speaker also uses sensory imagery to show the emotional toll the separation has taken on her by saying, “My eyes are damp from the words you left/Ringing in my head.” Even though this person left her, she is so influenced by him and by the bitterness he has left behind that she can physically hear the parting words he left her