Forever Young

"Forever Young" is the title track from German rock/synthpop group Alphaville's 1984 debut album of the same name.  Although released  in America, it didn't reach  the American Top 40. But because of its popular culture theme, this song had been covered by a lot of different artists of differents genres, and had been used in movies and commercials. The most popular would be rap artist Jay Z's version. I would admit that his kind of music and songwriting does not  appeal to me though.

Forever Young, Gregorian

Let^,s dance in style
Let^,s dance for a while
Heaven can wait we^,re only watching the sky
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don^,t have the power but we never say never
Sitting in the sandpit
Life is a short trip
The music^,s for the sad man
Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders getting in tune
The music's made by the madman

Chorus:

Forever young I wanna be
Forever young
Do you really want to live forever,
Forever and ever
Forever young I wanna be
Forevery young
Do you really want to live forever,
Forever, forever

Some are like water, some are like the heat.

Some are the melody, and some are the beat.

Sooner or later they all will be gone,

Why won't they stay young.

It's so hard to get old without a cause,

I don't wanna perish like a fading horse.

Youth is like diamonds in the sun.

And diamonds are forever.

So many adventures couldn't happen today,

So many songs we forgot to play.

So many dreams are swinging out of the blue,

We let them come true.

Forever young I wanna be
Forever young
Do you really want to live forever,
Forever and ever
Forever young I wanna be
Forevery young
Do you really want to live forever,
Forever, forever

Wasn't  it only yesterday that we were in a hurry to get a little older? Now that we're older, we are wishing that we could be a little younger. The dilemmas of life are in constant struggle with our psyche but we cannot avoid eventuality. The fountain of youth is as mythical as eternity. 

Someday we will lose our talents and productivity. Even grace and beauty will fade. We will be one with the earth at one point, and all those worldly possessions will be taken away from us. But one thing is certain. What we have created of ourselves will stay forever in the hearts and minds of the people we touched.

Forever Young, Lisa Kelly of Celtic Woman