Day After Day Lyrics
And picture a memory
Of days in your life
You knew what it meant to be happy and free
With time on your side
When no one was wiser
Your ma used to say
That you would go further than he ever could
With time on your side
Longing to reach them but frightened to try
Sadly, you'd say, someday, someday
The show must go on
And time slipped away
Before you could build any castles in Spain
The chance had gone by
And no one to say it to
You've still got it all to do
Surely you know
The chance has gone by
Longing to reach them but frightened to try
Sadly, you'd say, someday, someday
The show must go on
And you gaze at the sky
And picture a memory of days in your life
With time on your side
(Day after day the show must go on)
With time on your side
(Day after day the show must go on)
Oh, this is a heart-wrenching song for me! All of us are filled with the dreams of our parents and later our own longing to be successful, but few of us will truly scale those heights.
But when we're young, we imagine we can do anything, given time. But time itself often wears away any chance we might have had to accomplish our goals. And in searching for the fantastic future we lose our happiness and freedom that we had in our youth.
As adults, we commit ourselves to things we can't back away from: children, work, spouses, etc. And so, the show must go on - we can on with our lives in the hope that one day our dream will come true (even though, deep down, we know it can't possibly happen).
So sad, so true!
i think you pretty much got it exactly right. and yes, it is so sad.
don't be frightened! don't say someday... say today, and build those castles in spain fer cryin' out loud!
After becoming a father, these lines really hit me emotionally:
Remember your daddy When no one was wiser Your ma used to say That you would go further than he ever could With time on your side
It makes me think of how you idolize your father, you love him ("no one was wiser"). And yet your mother is telling you that you would go futher than he could - kind of uplifting for the child, yet kind of sad.
I know my sons love me very much, but there will be that time when hugging me and kisssing me and laying in my lap will not be cool. Or realize that I am just another guy - not any better or worse than anyone else. I can live with that - but I'll keep trying to hug them for the rest of my life. :)