Spektor, Regina - Older And Taller Lyrics

I'm 30 now, and am beginning to think it's more than a threat.

Her voice is like magic to me, I used to listen to her all day at work on my headphones while i drilled holes in pieces of wood like a robot.

good song. feels relax..!

Quien de latino América

Amazing

when you talk about a perfect song.

If this awesome lady made a musical
It would be super wierd and wonderful

In 2017 I was like this song will be the era of the future and now that it's 2019 I realized this song was the story of 2018

I heard this song in a bath and body works and I had to find it

I love this song!

There won't be any singer in my life better than Regina Spektor

My pal does a great cover!
https://youtu.be/yqAcgDQCZP4

I really need to say that this is my favorite song ever

I wonder if this song is about Ryan from the Friday the 13th tv show. It fits so well

This song has made me realize that I would give anything at all to have Regina write music for a musical. I really honestly feel like her style would fit in musical theatre.

Whenever I listen to her, I feel a wave of nostalgia, as if I'm being transported to my childhood, a safe and a happy place. There's something so heartbreaking, lovely and nostalgic about her tunes. I love your music Regina.

You're alone till you're not alone

My queen

I love you regina!!
Please come to korea😍

I <3 you Regina!

I'm addicted to this song! So good! Listening on a loop for the past 2 days.

Listen to her album Far . every song is perfection.

I love her brilliance

I here to say I hate this song the person who made it the person who created the person who made this song and everyone who like it. And whoever decided it was a good idea to play it at my job all the time 😡😡I hate you all

and all the lies on your resume, have become the truth.

So true. lies always develop. and then you cant remember whats true.

biggest fan here. coming through.

I hate this song with every cell of my body.

this song is very vey very vey vyerveryv yvyeyvyervyyvey very VERY narnia

She looks kind of 1920s here.

I always think of Mozart, when I hear this song and the lyrics. I mean, Mozart, the person of his times, his biographic struggles. Ok, I'm a keen piano amateur in love with Mozart piano works but still... it shows how artistically universal and associative this music of her is....

Straight fire nigga brrrrrraaatttt

Please PLEASE! Help fundraise my friend. U well be making her dream to become a missionary! Here is the link httpps://www.gofundme.com/htqz6-my-first-mission-trip please and thank u

She looks like lady melisandre :O

It's about how stupid the bible and Jesus is.

This isn't her best record. But it's very good. After "What We Saw in the Cheap Seats", which was one of the best records I ever listened to, over and over. I love it Regina rocks. No rock. I love it when Regina confronts. SMALL BILLS is one of her best. I mean it.

Beatle-esque!?

omg this was published exactly on by b-day

The song Piper Chapman's mother sings when she gets out of prison and returns to the free world. You know, because Regina did the theme song for Orange Is The New Black.

if anyone needs the font from this cover, it's called "Smoothie" https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fonthead/smoothie/

resume!

love love love loveeeeeeeeeeeee this song... <3

my brother 6 years my senior moved out to Brooklyn shortly after he graduated college. he's an art director for this creative agency in new York now. he comes home every 2 months or so for a visit.

she like an oasis in the middle of hypeness..

You're alone 'til you're not alone,
You're around 'til you're not around...

its got that early Bee Gees/Jeff Lynne vibe

I LOVE THIS WOMAN

Does anyone else think this is the most Ben Folds sounding song they have ever heard?

I love this woman...

Hilarious, ironic, sad, happy, rebellious. Love it.

My fav song of this album <3

LOVE this album!

QUE MULHERÃO DA PORRA

This one, man. This One.

my new favorite song im so in love

I love it, "enjoy your youth- sounds like a threat"
Its only meant that way if youre bitter and feeling old..... i'm feeling old these days for sure... youth is a concept- age is a varying degree

Regina you are such a darling. Best wishes from your sincere follower since the last ten years. Love from India!

Hey, India. So cool. That's what the digital is all about!

reginanthony spektano

I'm so in love with this OMG❤️❤️

Reminds me of "He's Sure the Boy I Love" by The Crystals?

thank you fantano

Saurabh Jaiswal For real haha

anthony fantano sent me here

Она потрясающая! Я услышала стихи Пастернака в ее исполнении и влюбилась! Я давно не слышала такой потрясающий голос! Гармония во всем!!! Музыка, голос, клипы, глаза!!! Нет слов!

this song sounds so...full. in a really good way

Amo demais ❤

As so few do fully enjoy their youth, the phrase is a threat. Sooner than later, many will look back wondering where all that time went and why it was so misspent.
So, I say with a sardonic smile, "Enjoy your youth."

David Adams Thank you good sir

I like her coat,that collar looks like petals of a rose,opening to reveal,an out pops Regina! Still she's bloomin marvellous.

Shes back! or rather never left! So playful and happy.

My favorite song of the new album x,x <3<3<3<3<3

Agree! And then Grand Hotel and The trapper and the furrier.

I lOve you sOng!! <3 😚😍

Yesssss

The album is perfect. Not one bad song.

I JUST CAN'T WITH THIS SONG!

"Enjoy your youth" sounds like a threat, but I will anyway ♥

"Enjoy your youth sounds like a threat. . . But I will anyway" exhaLe. Sending love. Such a thoughtful thought. So often the older people in our lives ... are just doing the best they can. I will try and love more and share that love with the next generation of beautiful minds that will lead our cultures.

Russo que vai para a América é o quê? Russo-americano?

this song is not so good

1.25 speed!

Regina Spekter has a beautiful.

musicalmente una obra de arte , la fase de violines es tranquilidad aunque prefiero imaginarme otra letra y mantener esa composición puede que hacerlo llegue hasta ser pecado espero un día cruzarme con regina y contemplar lo que nos regaló el cielo . Guatemala

owo <3 u3u love u

1st time but i love it already your voice screams i'm cute i really love it makes feel like i'm in love in some movie or at least i'm watching a movie i love ,,,,i have heard this on 90.7 Bronx N.Y. i'm alan songwriter and performer sunshyne machyne i walk with you(forever young)

"I remember you older and taller" mandela effect

Cutie Jinx please don't start with that bs

I remembered you older and taller
But you're younger and smaller
So who's gonna call her and say
That you're back again?

And all the lies, they were wiser
And wise were the lies
And the lies were on fire
And the fires were put out just to be lit again

You're alone 'til you're not alone
And that's all you need to know
Every time you decide to stay
Then the world will make you go
And that's all you need to know

All the debts, they got settled
And the settlers got cattle
But the cattle was rattled by the snakes
That were guarding the garden gates

And you retired just in time
You were about to be fired
For being so tired from hiring the ones
Who will take your place

All the lies on your resume
Have become the truth by now
And the things that you never did
Have become your youth, somehow
You know everything by now

Enjoy your youth
Sounds like a threat
Enjoy your youth
Sounds like a threat
But I will anyway

I remembered you older and taller
But you're younger and smaller
So who's gonna call her and say
That you're here at last?

And all the days, they were longer
And the drinks, they were stronger
The words, we sang wrong
But the songs were remembered
And time just passed

You're around 'til you're not around
And that's all I need to know
Every time you decide to stay
Then the world will make you go
And that's all you need to know

Enjoy your youth
Sounds like a threat
Enjoy your youth
Sounds like a threat
But I will anyway

My queen

doesnt this sound a bit like "my heart eats beets" from her song 'just like the movies'

Love the lyrics in this one (more so than her others, they're all good!)

And you retired just in time
you were about to be fired
for being so tired
from hiring the ones who would take your place

ahhhh imm so happy this is so lovely

Does anyone else get "Riot Gear" vibes from this?

Beautiful voice. Happy tune.

No words to describe how amazing is the Cello in this music!!! Waiting anxiously a video of a live version!

I absolutely love this song. I think that the melody gives an impression of sincere
nostalgia or of memories deeply felt and this mood that she conjures up is
perfect for the words.
I think that the lyrics are about the wisdom that comes with age. Regina is contrasting
foolish youth with the wisdom of older people.
I remembered you older and taller but you're younger and smaller so who's gonna call her and
say that you're back again? – In this stanza, the narrator is describing a
person (I’ll assume he is a man) who was giant in the narrator’s memory, However
now that the narrator sees him again, the narrator has grown enough to see that
this man is more human than the narrator remembers. I suspect that this man was
a “bad boy” and the woman who loved him still loves him and still feels the
pain that he caused.I absolutely love
this song. I think that the melody gives an impression of sincere nostalgia or
of memories deeply felt and this mood that she conjures up are perfect for the
words.
And all the lies, they were wiser And wise were the lies And the lies were on fire And the
fires were put out just to be lit again - When the man was young, he told lots
of lies, but the lies actually turned out to be good in the end.
You're alone
'til you're not alone And that's all you need to know Every time you decide to
stay Then the world will make you go And that's all you need to know – I think
that this stanza describes how the man was lonely because he needed to move
frequently. This may have been is job or it may have been that he had a
restless personality. In either case, he chose to leave and this hurt the woman
who loved him.
All the debts, they got settled And the settlers got cattle But the cattle was rattled
by the snakes That were guarding the garden gates – I had said before that this
may be nonsense, but now I am changing my mind. I think that this is about all
of the debts being fixed. The man created debts (sins) and now he has paid them
back.
And you retired just in time You were about to be fired For being so tired from hiring
the ones Who will take your place – Here we see that the man has aged. He is no
longer the young and brash bad boy. He is now the wise old man that the young
people think of as old fashioned.
All the lies on your resume Have become the truth by now And the things that you never did Have
become your youth, somehow You know everything by now – This is the most
important stanza. When the man was young, he lied and pretended to be things he
wasn’t; he was young and foolish. However, he faked it till he made it. As he
grew wiser, he grew large enough to actually be able to at last do the things
that had been lies.
Enjoy your
youth, Sounds like a threat – This is the line about old people looking at
young people and calling them foolish. I’ll bet that Regina hears all the time
from people, “enjoy your youth”. The music industry is for young and beautiful
people. Singers, and especially women, are at their height in their twenties.
After thirty, singers, and especially women find that their fans start to
disappear and their records no longer sell as well. I am sure that Regina
values the wisdom of age, but she also gets angry at the old and bitter people
who are jealous of her. A few singers has the talent to remain stars into their
old age and perhaps Regina will be one of those.
I remembered you older and taller But you're younger and smaller So who's gonna call her and say That you're here at last? – The narrator see the man as smaller than the narrator remembered. In one way this makes sense since the man is no longer a bad boy; he no longer is puffed up with lies
and bragging. However, this is ironic because he has grown in wisdom and is in
reality much more effective as a person. His resume is no longer filled with
lies, but truth. However, the narrator is also old and wiser and the narrator
now sees the fabulous bad boy as human. The line, “whose gonna call her and say
that you’re here at last” is just beautiful. The man is now wise enough to
truly love the woman that he hurt all of those years ago.

Gregson Vaux thank you for this, this is beautiful

@majo agreed.

the bridge was my favorite part

I love Regina Spektor's music and I really like this song, but she does have some lyrics that make me wonder if she is just rhyming nonsense words; for instance:All the debts, they got settled
And the settlers got cattle
But the cattle was rattled by the snakes
That were guarding the garden gatesOf course snakes and garden makes me think of the Eden story, but this stanza still seems like nonsense to me. However, the rest of the song makes some sense. This nonsense stanza strongly reminds me of another possible nonsense stanza which is:And all the styrofoam
Began to melt away
We tried to find some worms
To aid in the decay
But none of them were home
Inside their catacomb
A million ancient bees
Began to sting our kneesActually, this song and "On the radio" are also similar in that they both have lines that go "you're X until you're not X".

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put this to the coffee bean playlist omg

"Enjoy your youth, sounds like a threat" that's my fave line ❤❤😍

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