London Grammar - Wasting My Young Years [Official Video]

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Been working a 40 hour per week desk job and been listening to this song since it came out in 2013. I was 25 and feeling that I was indeed wasting my young years but thought that it would all be worth it in the future. Didn't happen. Now that I'm close to 31 I look back and all I see is time either spent studying, working student jobs or just working. I wish I had done a lot of things differently , I wish I would have travelled more, met more new people, spent less time behind a desk or a computer thinking "I still have time to live my life, I just have to finish this paper, this episode, this 100000000th whatsapp message, this final exam". Before you know it time is up and you realise you've spent your entire 20s hoping for a perfect future instead of enjoying the great present. I hope at least one person reads this and decides to go out more, do a little bit more of what they really like and enjoy their young years while they still have the opportunity to.

At 46 just been given the devastating news that I have cancer and have 18 months maybe 2 years. Love London Grammer and this track seems so poignant at the moment , luckily when I look back over my life I feel that I’ve wasted very little of my young years . My advice to anybody young would be put down your phones. Instead, see, love and laugh together with your friends and family’s. Be good to each other , cut out negative thoughts , don’t judge people you don’t know and don’t be judged by people that don’t know you. Life can short but a life lived well is never wasted, I might not be here for much longer but I hope the memories of the fun and adventures I’ve shared will go on for a long time. On the positive I’ve booked to see Hannah and the guys in Manchester in November (🤞illness and COVID willing) can’t bloody wait.

I'm turning 44 years old this year and I feel these feels every single day. What an incredible track. Thanks London Grammar.

I love the sound and the sentiment; I still wonder. But, here I am at 62 years old (how the fuck did that happen?) and everything good and bad that has happened to me has made me who I am. I didn't travel until my 40's (with my kids) I didn't follow my dream of building and designing my home until my 50's, and I didn't get the job I deserved until I was 60. Don't ever limit yourself because of your age - build on every experience, keep learning and don't believe that the only good years are the early ones - there are lots more to come!

43 yo here , I have a message for all the youngsters : you don t waste your time , you learn , through pain for the most of you . Do not give up , one day you ll understand . Try to be the best of yourself , ask for help if needed , it is worth it . Don T be afraid to move on and come back if needed . You ll never start over from zero . Take care kids . Life is a trip , not a destination .

Hard to listen when you actually ARE wasting your precious young years :(

I refuse to accept this album is already 10 years. Listening to this song especially takes me back to 2013. I miss those times ! 😢

✨🎶LYRIC🎶✨ You crossed this line Do you find it hard to sit with me tonight? I've walked these miles but I've walked 'em straight lined You'll never know what was like to be fine I'm wasting my young years It doesn't matter if I'm chasing old ideas It doesn't matter if Maybe We are We are Maybe I'm wasting my young years Maybe We are We are Maybe I'm wasting my young years Don't you know that it's only fear I wouldn't worry, you have all your life I've heard it takes some time to get it right I'm wasting my young years It doesn't matter if I'm chasing old ideas It doesn't matter if Maybe We are We are Maybe I'm wasting my young years Maybe We are We are Maybe I'm wasting my young years I don't know what you are Don't leave me hanging on Don't know what you are Don't leave me hanging on

I think the feeling of wasting your time is permanent in a society that compares everything. Social Media has had huge pressure on all of us and make us think everybody has a better life than us. Sit down, write all the things you are proud and thankful for and look back at your life with love. If not, then write the things you want to do/accomplish and start changing your routines. It's worth it.

Her voice is absolutely one of the most beautiful female vocals ever. Period.

Im 61. Yet often, very often, I feel young. Or maybe I’m just yearning for those days of yore. I feel great but I have not come to accept that I’m 61. It feels unbelievable that I am 61. Time goes so fast. So fast! My humble advice is enjoy youth, it’s such a small percentage of a full life. There’s just so much time to be an adult! It’s most of your life! Enjoy youth, don’t do something that you will regret the rest of your life. I know, I know: fun and wisdom are often at odds. But trust me, have fun but within reason. I have really enjoyed all your comments. I’m learning from them and hope that one day, willingly, I accept old age. Part of it is that I feel great (thank God) and I’m fit, have all my hair still 😂. But man, when I saw High: Confessions, when this song came on I had to stop and get the full version. It mesmerized me and all the comments from young people here, their worries and regrets, it’s like butterflies in my stomach. Enjoy life! But within reason so that you CAN grow older, peacefully, simply, with less stress and angst. Thank all of you!🙏🏻

I lost my only baby back in 2014, everything about this track hit me and hurt me. A mother without a child, do everything you can while you can. Life is short, our time to be a mother is so short.

i listen to this and cry because i don’t know if i’m doing right in this life so far Edit: guys thank you so much for the support. Didn’t believe this comment would get so popular

I don't find this song depressing.....I just find it comforting honestly. It reminds you how alive you really should be feeling, old or young. How good it feels to be young, to have your first heartbreak, your first love, and your first understanding of how the world really works. I like it.

Hauntingly beautiful. Tragically underrated band❤

In 20 years, you will be more disappointed by what you didn't do than by what you did. - Mark Twain

Isn't it sad that I'm 22 yo and I totally feel like "I'm wasting my young years"? Such a strong and sad lyrics...

Such a deep song :'(

Je l'écoute depuis des années et je ne m'en lasse pas! Merci à vous pour cette magnifique mélodie 🙂