Belle and Sebastian – Young and Stupid Lyrics

Young and Stupid Lyrics by Belle and Sebastian

I was yelling in the my sleep
I was crying, feeling weak
Do we have to feel this way?
It wasn’t like this yesterday
Everything is fine when you’re young and stupid
Everything’s divine when you’re young and stupid

There’s an easy start to things
There’s a thrill that beauty brings
Glued together at the hips
Stuck together at the lips
Nature has the lead when you’re young and stupid
Nurture will impede when you’re young and stupid

Now we’re old with creaking bones
Some with partners, some alone
Some with kids and some with dogs
Getting through the nightly slog
Flashes in the mind, you were young and stupid
Keeps us warm at night, all our young and stupid
Makes us feel delight, we were young and stupid
Makes you feel regret when you’re young and stupid

You know, I kept reminding myself that nothing matters
Nothing matters
You know, sometimes you have a fight
With someone or you get frustrated and
You know, something’s happening, and then
You catch a little glimpse of the outside, and
I don’t know, it’s just a bird flying, or
You see a funny shape in the clouds, and you think
“What am I doing?”
You know?
“I’m so small. Nothing, nothing matters, so
Whatever”