Alphaville – Forever Young

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Lagu legendaris “Forever Young” milik grup synth-pop asal Jerman, Alphaville, bukan sekadar lagu pesta bertempo lambat. Dirilis pada 1984 di tengah puncak Perang Dingin, liriknya mengandung kecemasan mendalam terhadap ancaman perang nuklir, yang tercermin dalam baris “hoping for the best, but expecting the bomb”.

Menariknya, lagu ini awalnya direkam dengan tempo yang jauh lebih cepat sebelum akhirnya diubah menjadi balada yang emosional.

Meski awalnya kurang sukses di tangga lagu Inggris, “Forever Young” justru bertransformasi menjadi lagu wajib perpisahan sekolah dan pernikahan di seluruh dunia, membuktikan kekuatannya sebagai simbol nostalgia dan harapan yang tak lekang oleh waktu.

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Intro

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Let’s dance in s
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tyle, let’s dance for a  
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while
 
Heaven can  
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wait, we’re only watching the s
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kies
 
Hoping for the  
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best, but expecting the  
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worst
 
Are you gonna drop the  
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bomb or not?
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Let us die  
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young or let us live fo
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rever
 
We don’t have the  
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power, but we never say  
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never
 
Sitting in a  
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sandpit, life is a  
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The music’s for the  
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sad 
 
men
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Can you i
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magine when this race is won?
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Turn our golden  
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faces into the sun
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Praising our  
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leaders, we’re getting in  
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tune
 
The music’s played by  
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the, the madmen
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Forever 
 
 
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young
 
I want to  
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be forever young
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Do you really want to  
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live 
 
forever?
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Forever
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and 
 
ever
 
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Forever 
 
 
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young
 
I want to  
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be forever young
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Do you really want to  
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live 
 
forever?
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Forever 
 
 
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young
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Some are like  
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water, some are like the heat
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Some are a  
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melody and some are the  
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beat
 
Sooner or  
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later, they all will be  
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gone
 
Why don’t they stay  
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young?
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It’s so hard to get  
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old without a cause
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I don’t want to  
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perish like a fading horse
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Youth’s like  
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diamonds in the sun
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And diamonds are fo
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rever
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So many adve
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ntures couldn’t happen to
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day
 
So many  
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songs we forgot to play
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So many  
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dreams swinging out of the  
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blue
 
We’ll let them come  
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true
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Forever 
 
 
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young
 
I want to  
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young
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Do you really want to  
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Forever
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and 
 
ever
 
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Forever 
 
 
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young
 
I want to  
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be forever  
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young
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Do you really want to  
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live 
 
forever?
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Forever
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and 
 
ever
 
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Forever 
 
 
G 
young
 
I want to  
Am 
be forever  
F 
young
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Do you really want to  
Dm 
live forever? (
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Fore
G 
ver 
 
 
C 
young)

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