Lyrics to
Flaming Youth

This version of Flaming Youth was released by Kiss in 1976.

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Whoo yeah
My parents think I’m crazy and they hate the things I do
I’m stupid and I’m lazy, man, if they only knew

How flaming youth will set the world on fire
Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher and higher

My uniform is leather, and my power is my age
I’m gettin’ it together to break out of my cage

‘Cause flaming youth will set the world on fire
Flaming youth will set the world on fire
Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher and higher

Flaming youth will set the world on fire
Flaming youth will set the world on fire
Flaming youth will set the world on fire
Flaming youth will set the world on fire
Flaming youth will set the world on fire
Flaming youth, our flag is flying higher and higher
And higher and higher and higher and higher and higher

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About Lyrics and Flaming Youth by Kiss

The lyrics to Flaming Youth are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Kiss used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Flaming Youth have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Kiss and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Flaming Youth by Kiss. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Flaming Youth" means the words set to the music of Flaming Youth, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kiss. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Flaming Youth and the lyrics to Flaming Youth are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kiss who came here looking just for the lyrics to Flaming Youth, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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