Welcome to Music Friday when we highlight new tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. In her 2025 pop single “Gold’s Gone,” 15-year-old British singer-songwriter Freya Skye delivers a poignant meditation on the passage of time and the bittersweet ache of growing up.
With the recurring lyric “running till the gold’s gone,” Skye uses gold as a shimmering metaphor for life’s most cherished moments — childhood memories, innocent joys and the feeling of time suspended.
The song opens in a nostalgic haze, as Skye recounts scenes of basement board games and swapping bracelets in the back of a car. But that dreamy simplicity soon gives way to emotional urgency. “I just wanna hold on / I’m scared of losing the moment,” she sings, echoing a universal truth — that even as we’re living in the present, we’re already mourning its passing.
The phrase “running till the gold’s gone” becomes a central motif, symbolizing the desire to outrun change and cling to what feels golden and safe. Freya captures the moment when adolescence turns the corner into something more complex and uncertain.
As the seasons shift, so does her self-image. She sings, “my heart is still the same, but in the mirror things have changed.” The gold, in this context, is not just youth, but the clarity, security and wonder that come with it.
Rising rapidly in both the music and entertainment worlds, Skye made her international debut representing the UK at Junior Eurovision 2022 with “Lose My Head,” earning the top public vote and a fifth-place finish overall.
Since then, she’s signed with Hollywood Records and Disney Music Publishing, starred as Nova in Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires and joined the upcoming "Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide" arena tour.
With a voice that’s both powerful and intimate, and lyrics that resonate well beyond her years, Skye is quickly emerging as one of pop’s most promising young voices. “Gold’s Gone” captures the essence of her artistry — honest, reflective and deeply relatable.
Please check out the official video of Skye performing "Gold's Gone." The lyrics are below if you'd like to sing along…
"Gold's Gone"
Written by Michelle Zarlenga, Annie Schindel and Lucky West. Performed by Freya Skye.
Back of your mom’s car trading bracelets
Playing board games in the basement
I could swear that it was simple, all my problems felt so little
What a daydream
If I could slow it down
Would my feet touch the ground?
I just wanna hold on
I’m scared of losing the moment
Running til the gold’s gone
The seasons change and I know it
I feel the time is slipping
And I already miss it
While I’m
Still holding light in my hands
I just wanna hold on, hold on
Running till the gold’s gone, gold’s gone
Out on the edge of on my own now
And they told me not to look down
And my heart is still the same
But in the mirror things have changed
How’d it happen?
It threw me off of my balance
I just wanna hold on
I’m scared of losing the moment
Running till the gold’s gone
The seasons change and I know it
I feel the time is slipping
And I already miss it
While I’m
Still holding light in my hands
I just wanna hold on, hold on
Running till the gold’s gone, gold’s gone
And I won’t be sleeping tonight
Oh my head’s too busy
Guess this is being alive
Tell myself to breathe
I know there’s silver linings
So I’ll hold on
Until the gold’s gone, gone
I just wanna hold on
I’m scared of losing the moment
Running til the gold’s gone
The seasons change and I know it
I feel the time is slipping
And I already miss it
While I’m
Still holding light in my hands
I just wanna hold on, hold on
Running till the gold’s gone, gold’s gone
Credits: Screen capture via YouTube.com / Freya Skye.