In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Got a feeling '21
Is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me
See it in together
So you think '21
Is going to be a good year
It could be good for me and her
But you and her, no never!
I had no reason to be over optimistic
But somehow when you smiled
I could brave bad weather
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
He saw it all!
You didn't hear it
You didn't see it
You won't say nothing to no-one
Never in your life
You never heard it
Oh, how absurd it all seems
Without any proof
You didn't hear it
You didn't see it
You never heard it, not a word of it
You won't say nothing to no-one
Never tell a soul
What you know is the Truth
Got a feeling '21
Is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me
See it in together
Got a feeling '21
Is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me
See it in together
I had no reason to be over optimistic
But somehow when you smiled
I could brave bad weather
Is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me
See it in together
So you think '21
Is going to be a good year
It could be good for me and her
But you and her, no never!
I had no reason to be over optimistic
But somehow when you smiled
I could brave bad weather
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
He saw it all!
You didn't hear it
You didn't see it
You won't say nothing to no-one
Never in your life
You never heard it
Oh, how absurd it all seems
Without any proof
You didn't hear it
You didn't see it
You never heard it, not a word of it
You won't say nothing to no-one
Never tell a soul
What you know is the Truth
Got a feeling '21
Is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me
See it in together
Got a feeling '21
Is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me
See it in together
I had no reason to be over optimistic
But somehow when you smiled
I could brave bad weather
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oh, another point on this song, very important: The husband walks in, Kills boyfirend, they realize Tommy had seen it and say "you didn't hear it, you didn't see it..." etc. if you notice on the album, the lyrics are echoed, this is Tommy seeing the murder through the mirror, and because of the trauma, the mirror is his gateway into being the deaf, dumb and blind boy as the shattering of the mirror will be his awakening out of that state later.
yeah...but the album is way better than the movie.....
Actually, GABBA, The song isn't about being the age 21, It's about the year 1921.
It\'s 1921. Tommy was born in 1914, while his father Captain Walker was off fighting World War I, however, he doesn\'t return from the war, so it is assumed he is dead. In this song, Captain Walker finally reappears at home 7 years later to find his wife with another man. Captain Walker murders the other man (Who is the speaker in the first verse of the song) and Tommy watches the whole thing. So they obviously tell him to keep his mouth shut about it, which sends him off into this state of deafness / blindness / dumbness, which affects him throughout most of the album.
Where to begin? the album is one of the gratest, true. There is a lot of Auto-biography from Pete here, like in most of his songs, because he writes from experience. The autobiographical bomb-shell for Pete himself was the abuse subject in the album (he had not come to terms with his abuse as a child at the time this album was written. The movie needs to e watched a few times to be appreciated, after the first viewing I was disgusted, only because I expected the album on film... As a movie it delivers the same message in an artistic way...Ann Margaret in the beans just shows how rediculously wealthy tommy had become--TV, jewelry, beans soap, mass quantities of consumer products. 1921-1951: not a huge deal, Tommys dad still goes off to war and is MIA, and Tommy becomes a Guru in the 60's which seems like a more appropriate time for that kind of thing anyway.
-Reg
AMAZING. IN ONE WORD. I LOVE TOMMY OF COURSE, AND THIS SONG, FOR SOME RESON, MAKES ME EMOTIONAL I DONT KNOW WHY.. IM NO WERE NEAR 21 IM 13 SO I GOTTA FELLING FOURTEENS GONNA BE A GOOD YEAR.
Yeah, absolutely fantastic song. Tommy very well may be my favorite album of all-time, and this song is one of the reasons why. I just love the whole concept behind the album.
oooooooooooooooooooooh i was gabba but i forgot my pass word
It's not about being age 21, it's about the year 1921. In the movie, they changed it to 1951.