| Don Henley – The Boys of Summer Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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There has been a lot of comments about this song, but it seems to me that none got it the way I got. But this is because the song has clearly a LOT of meanings.. It takes part in lot of subjects. That's the geniusness in lyrics! As one can't ever tell EXACTLY what are they all about.. People tend to reach to these lyrics from the girls point of view, but I thought it as the guy. I'm sure this isn't the most common approach to this song but my 2 cents and what has hit me like a million volts is the feeling that the GUY is confused about his relationship with the girl he loves. As he is this boy of the summer, and I see this "boys of summer" more like a metaphor or a period of a guy who decides to live/explore his youth more and so leaves his loved girlfriend. He knows his love to her will still be strong even after he's "exploration" -period.. And now as he's older he misses her, as he thought he knew what love was (something else than what he had with her back then) and now knows it was that what he had with her. He knows looking back at it hurts. He sees other boys of summers established with their cadillacs, but he is still without his true love. But determined to get her back :) Touches me a lot |
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