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Golden Years

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Golden Years

Release date: 28th January 2026

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"Golden Years" is a track by State Champs, from the album State Champs (Deluxe), released 28th January 2026. The track is 3:28 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about State Champs.

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State Champs

State Champs

Lyrics

Golden Years

Wide eyed at sunrise
Cups down, bottled up inside
Breathe in admit we're gonna try it again
Felt like I'll never come down
Now all my friends freak me out
Can't keep my head in the clouds just like them
So how do I find a way to say
That maybe the golden years they mean
Something a bit different these days
'Cause now it takes everything in me
Putting the past up on a shelf
And falling in love with something
Love with something else
One last look back
Still running but my head's on track
Can't get caught up in the meaning
But we'll never know
What happens after today
No good things stay the same
So point the finger
It's something bigger now, right now
How do I find a way to say
That maybe the golden years they mean
Something a bit different these days
'Cause now it takes everything in me
Putting the past up on a shelf
And falling in love with something
Love with something else
Most things we left unsaid
Forever lost in a memory
(Maybe the good things have the change)
(But that doesn't mean they go away) memory, yeah
Facing what's up ahead
I hope I never
(Maybe the good things have the change) forget me
(But that doesn't mean they go away) forget me
Most things we left unsaid
Forever lost in a memory
(Maybe the good things have the change)
(But that doesn't mean they go away, yeah)
Facing what's up ahead
I hope I never
(Maybe the good things have the change) forget me
(But that doesn't mean they go away) forget me
So how do I find a way to say
That maybe the golden years they mean
Something a bit different these days
'Cause now it takes everything in me
Putting the past up on a shelf
And falling in love with something
Love with something
Love with something else

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From State Champs (Deluxe)

3:282026

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Album

State Champs (Deluxe)

28th January 2026

Track number

12

Release year

2026

1The Constant
3:24
2Silver Cloud
3:08
3Clueless
3:10
4Light Blue
3:09

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State Champs — Save Face Story (feat. Slope) (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:20]
State Champs — Common Sense (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:11]
State Champs — Just a Dream (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:25]
State Champs — Sobering (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [2:47]
State Champs — Too Late to Say (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:16]
State Champs — Clueless (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:10]
State Champs — The Constant (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:24]
State Champs — I Still Want To (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [2:41]
State Champs — Light Blue (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:09]
State Champs — Silver Cloud (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:08]
State Champs — Tight Grip (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [2:45]
State Champs — Hell Of It (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [2:22]
State Champs — (For The) Hell Of It [feat. Saxl Rose] (from State Champs (Deluxe)) [3:00]
State Champs — (For The) Hell Of It
State Champs — Stitches (from Around The World and Back 10 - EP) [3:03]
State Champs — Stay The Night (from Around The World and Back 10 - EP) [3:38]
State Champs — The Sharpest Lives (from Around The World and Back 10 - EP) [3:20]
State Champs — Welcome to Paradise (from Around The World and Back 10 - EP) [3:39]
State Champs — Common Sense [3:11]
State Champs — THE OUTSIDE (OUTSIDERS VERSION)
State Champs — FRIENDS
State Champs — Everybody but You (Lo-Fi)
State Champs — Act Like That (Acoustic) [3:05]
State Champs — Outta My Head (Acoustic) [3:04]
State Champs — Fake It (from Kings of the New Age) [3:03]
State Champs — Half Empty (feat. Chrissy Costanza) (from Kings of the New Age) [3:31]
State Champs — Just Sound (from Kings of the New Age) [3:23]
State Champs — Outta My Head (from Kings of the New Age) [2:56]
State Champs — Some Minds Don't Change (from Kings of the New Age) [2:47]
State Champs — Eventually (from Kings of the New Age) [3:38]
State Champs — Act Like That (feat. Mitchell Tenpenny) (from Kings of the New Age) [3:04]
State Champs — Where Were You (from Kings of the New Age) [2:47]
State Champs — Everybody but You (feat. Ben Barlow) (from Kings of the New Age) [3:47]
State Champs — Here to Stay (from Kings of the New Age) [2:56]
State Champs — Sundress (feat. Four Year Strong) (from Kings of the New Age) [3:12]
State Champs — Ordinary Christmas
State Champs — Secrets (Lo-Fi)
State Champs — Chicago Is So Two Years Ago
State Champs — Elevated (Lo-Fi)
State Champs — Criminal (Acoustic) (from Unplugged - EP) [3:40]
State Champs — Crying out Loud (from Unplugged - EP) [3:44]
State Champs — 10 Am (from Unplugged - EP) [3:34]
State Champs — Dead & Gone (Acoustic) (from Unplugged - EP) [3:30]
State Champs — The Recipe (from Unplugged - EP) [3:31]
State Champs — A Thousand Hearts (feat. Axl Rose) (from Unplugged - EP) [4:52]
State Champs — Where I Belong
State Champs — Lightning (from Living Proof) [2:56]
State Champs — Sidelines (from Living Proof) [3:25]
State Champs — Mine Is Gold (from Living Proof) [2:45]
State Champs — Frozen (from Living Proof) [3:00]
State Champs — Criminal (from Living Proof) [3:23]
State Champs — Something About You (from Living Proof) [2:53]
State Champs — Cut Through the Static (from Living Proof) [3:00]
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State Champs — Our Time to Go (from Living Proof) [3:44]
State Champs — Safe Haven (from Living Proof) [3:37]
State Champs — Crystal Ball (from Living Proof) [3:12]
State Champs — Dead and Gone (from Living Proof) [3:12]
State Champs — The Fix Up (from Living Proof) [3:27]
State Champs — Eyes Closed (from Around the World and Back) [3:09]
State Champs — Perfect Score (from Around the World and Back) [3:18]
State Champs — Back and Forth (from Around the World and Back) [2:53]
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State Champs — All You Are Is History (from Around the World and Back) [3:02]
State Champs — Shape Up (from Around the World and Back) [2:44]
State Champs — Tooth and Nail (from Around the World and Back) [2:57]
State Champs — Breaking Ground (from Around the World and Back) [3:42]
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State Champs — Nothing's Wrong (from The Finer Things) [3:26]
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State Champs — Elevated (from The Finer Things) [3:29]
State Champs — Remedy (from The Finer Things) [3:24]
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State Champs — Tonsil Hockey (from Overslept) [0:40]
State Champs — We Are the Brave (from Overslept) [3:31]
State Champs — How It Used To Be (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [2:31]
State Champs — Hot and Bothered (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [3:04]
State Champs — The Record (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [3:01]
State Champs — If It Helps You Focus (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [3:12]
State Champs — Small Talk (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [4:18]
State Champs — Stick Around (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [3:37]
State Champs — I Would Try (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [2:19]
State Champs — Rooftops (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [2:27]
State Champs — Shades of Gray (from Apparently, I'm Nothing) [3:14]
State Champs — Stick Around (Bonus Track) (from Ep - 2010) [3:42]
State Champs — Rooftops (from Ep - 2010) [2:32]
State Champs — The Record (from Ep - 2010) [3:04]
State Champs — Shades of Gray (from Ep - 2010) [3:16]
State Champs — Small Talk (from Ep - 2010) [4:22]

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9I Still Want To

11Save Face Story (feat. Slope)

12Golden Years

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