My Sunday Song – “We All Die Young” by Steelheart

For My Sunday Song #430, we are talking Steelheart’s “We All Die Young”. It is the first song off their 1996 album “Wait”, but that is not where you know it. You probably know it from the 2001 movie “Rock Star” with Mark Wahlberg. It was a song sung by the band Steel Dragon in the movie.  Miljenko Matijevic did the vocals for Mark on this song which makes sense as he did them with Steelheart and he co-wrote the song with Kenny Kanowsk.

The song deals with mortality and how fragile life is since we know that death is basically inevitable. The knowledge of that can be isolating and lonely as well as crush your dreams if you let it overpower you. The challenges in life can be overwhelming and take its toll on you if you let it.

The song starts with a slow build and is 80’s style hard rock song even though this was actually 1996. Miljenko’s vocals are freaking insane. Not too many singers can hit the high notes like he can. It is impressive to say the least. The song is not a high energy rocker, but more slow burner with some heavy ass drums and wicked guitar playing, but nothing comes close to outshining Miljenko’s screams and falsettos. A truly killer song.

Give the song a listen and let me know what you think. Steelheart has made a bunch of good albums after their 1990 debut was overshadowed by the onslaught of Grunge. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful and Happy Sunday!!

“WE ALL DIE YOUNG”

Risk my soul, test my life
For my bread
Spend my time, lost in space
Am I dead?

Let the river flow
Through my callused hands
And take me from my own
The eyes of the damned

It makes my stomach turn
And it tears my flesh from the bone
How we turn a dream to stone

And we all die young
Yeah, we all die young

Tell me, I know
I lived so afraid
And still we cry alone
With words left unsaid

Yeah, it makes my stomach turn
And it tears my flesh from bone to bone
How we turn a dream to stone

And we all die young
Yeah, we all die young

Yeah, we all die young
Yeah, we all die young

Young
Young
Young
Young

Yeah, we all die young
Yeah, we all die young
Yeah, we all die
We all die

Young
Young
Young

Songwriters: Mike Matijevic & Kenny Kanowsk