it sounds like he's speaking to his own child, and saying sorta like "when i was young like you, my mum told me this, and now i'm passing it on to you."
i don't know that fer sure but that's what comes to mind when i listen.
any other interpretations?
i wish more people were sitting here thinking about the lyrics than saying "this songs really cool" and whatnot.
part of the beauty of poetry is that it's usually not straight forward, but it can be, and sometimes even one poem contains both things that are understandable on a surface level, and things that can only be understood once delving deeper.
let's delve yallll
i agree with this, although if you take this interpretation then the third verse "will you be true till life is done" sounds kinda off, kinda creepy asking a child to "be true to you" that's more like something you would ask of a partner not of your child. who knows wtf he was thinking of when he wrote this!
i agree with this, although if you take this interpretation then the third verse "will you be true till life is done" sounds kinda off, kinda creepy asking a child to "be true to you" that's more like something you would ask of a partner not of your child. who knows wtf he was thinking of when he wrote this!
it sounds like he's speaking to his own child, and saying sorta like "when i was young like you, my mum told me this, and now i'm passing it on to you." i don't know that fer sure but that's what comes to mind when i listen. any other interpretations? i wish more people were sitting here thinking about the lyrics than saying "this songs really cool" and whatnot. part of the beauty of poetry is that it's usually not straight forward, but it can be, and sometimes even one poem contains both things that are understandable on a surface level, and things that can only be understood once delving deeper. let's delve yallll
i agree with this, although if you take this interpretation then the third verse "will you be true till life is done" sounds kinda off, kinda creepy asking a child to "be true to you" that's more like something you would ask of a partner not of your child. who knows wtf he was thinking of when he wrote this!
i agree with this, although if you take this interpretation then the third verse "will you be true till life is done" sounds kinda off, kinda creepy asking a child to "be true to you" that's more like something you would ask of a partner not of your child. who knows wtf he was thinking of when he wrote this!