I'm fifteen for a moment
Caught in between ten and twenty
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
I'm twenty-two for a moment
And she feels better than ever
And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars

Fifteen, there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
Fifteen, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got a hundred years to live

I'm thirty-three for a moment
I'm still the man, but you see I'm of age
A kid on the way, babe
A family on my mind
I'm forty-five for a moment
The sea is high
And I'm headin' into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life

Fifteen, there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
Fifteen, I'm alright with you
Fifteen, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got a hundred years to live

Half time goes by
Suddenly you're wise
Another blink of an eye
Sixty-seven is gone
The sun is gettin' high
We're movin' on

I'm ninety-nine for a moment
And dyin' for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are

Fifteen, there's still time for you
Twenty-two, I feel her too
Thirty-three, you're on your way
Every day's a new day
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

Fifteen, there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey fifteen, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got a hundred years to live


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    I think this is a great song. Obviously it can be interpeted many diffrent ways. What I got out of it is the life of a love relationship. I get this by looking at the the song, and not just the chorus (which many have the bad habit of doing). My reasoning is like when he says he is 15 he is dreaming wondering where his love is, nearly all 15 year olds haven't met the one they are going to be with forever. At 22 they are on fire making their way back from Mars, at 22 you are in the state of meeting each other and are head over heels and giddy, much like fly through space. At 33 you are married and are still a single person, yet considered a "they" as in he and his wife. A kid on the way and a family on his mind, self-explanitory. At 45 the sea is high, things are getting rough, heading into a crisis, mid life crisis, chasing the years of my life, wondering where all the years have gone. At 99 he is dreaming counting the ways to where you are, what I got was his wife has passed and as his own death nears he wonders where she went and he is going. That is just my intrepetation.

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