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Paragon Songs
Gan Ainm

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Gan Ainm

Release date: 6th April 2023

From Paragon Songs

Track 10

4:08

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About This Track

'Gan Ainm' by whenyoung is an Indie Rock track from the album 'Paragon Songs' (2023). The lyrics look back on youth and everyday routine, with images of playing music around the kitchen table and reading from an old book. There is a sense of having learned too late, as the narrator recalls thinking they knew everything at eighteen, and finding that leaving the suburbs did not live up to expectation. Over that wistful frame, the closing line asks, “How do the days go by so” quickly, turning memory into a slow, uneasy question.

"Gan Ainm" is a track by whenyoung, from the album Paragon Songs, released 6th April 2023. The track is 4:08 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about whenyoung.

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Lyrics

Gan Ainm

God it feels a life ago
Every Friday playing songs around the table, in the kitchen
Reading from the old orange book
I was playing in the songs by ear, listening to you

I thought I knew it all when I was just eighteen
Leaving the suburbs wasn't all it seemed

How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?

I was just a teenager
In my bedroom trying to sound like Joni Mitchell, with this accent
Laurel Canyon on my mind
Dressed for Woodstock but Raheen is no California, gray and rainy

I thought I knew it all when I was just eighteen
Leaving the suburbs wasn't all it seemed

I thought I knew it all when I was just eighteen
Leaving the city wasn't all it seemed

How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?

How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?
How do the days go by so fast?

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