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I keep to myself
what I might share with others
but they don't seem to understand
I open my mouth
to rediscover
that I don't have the words at my command
holding out
for a world so much better
but I'm a stranger in a stranger's land
all my friends have sold out
couldn't handle the pressure
counting their blessings trying to salvage what they can
Children say - children say
we open our minds as one
but one more day - slips away
why don't the dreams of the young never come to be
When I overhear
my parents conversations
well I'm struck by the things they say
it seems they traded the years
for mere complications
who ever thought it could end this way
they close the door
but they can't lock it
'cause something of their childhood remains
and they've felt it before
when the man in their pocket
counted the cost of their material gains
Children say - come what may
be strong for the friends you've known
but one fine day - (not) far away
will we remember the love we used to own
Children say - children say
we open our minds as one
as one more day slips away
why don't the dreams of the young never come to be
Well you knew what I was saying
(but did you know what it meant)
when you saw that look in my eye
(did you know it was heaven sent)
was it all a waking dream
(all that time we must have spent)
well I guess it must have been
(somehow that feeling came and went)
Children say - come what may
be strong for the friends you've known
but one fine day - (not) far away
will we remember the love we used to own
Children say - children say
we open our minds as one
as one more day - slips away
why don't the dreams of the young never come to be
Children say - children say
we thought it would never go
as one more day - slips away
who ever thought we could be so lonely
what I might share with others
but they don't seem to understand
I open my mouth
to rediscover
that I don't have the words at my command
holding out
for a world so much better
but I'm a stranger in a stranger's land
all my friends have sold out
couldn't handle the pressure
counting their blessings trying to salvage what they can
we open our minds as one
but one more day - slips away
why don't the dreams of the young never come to be
my parents conversations
well I'm struck by the things they say
it seems they traded the years
for mere complications
who ever thought it could end this way
they close the door
but they can't lock it
'cause something of their childhood remains
and they've felt it before
when the man in their pocket
counted the cost of their material gains
be strong for the friends you've known
but one fine day - (not) far away
will we remember the love we used to own
Children say - children say
we open our minds as one
as one more day slips away
why don't the dreams of the young never come to be
(but did you know what it meant)
when you saw that look in my eye
(did you know it was heaven sent)
was it all a waking dream
(all that time we must have spent)
well I guess it must have been
(somehow that feeling came and went)
be strong for the friends you've known
but one fine day - (not) far away
will we remember the love we used to own
Children say - children say
we open our minds as one
as one more day - slips away
why don't the dreams of the young never come to be
Children say - children say
we thought it would never go
as one more day - slips away
who ever thought we could be so lonely
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I think this song is about his feelings associated with NOT having children.
Anyone who has children can relate to some of these lyrics:
"it seems they traded the years for mere complications"
Oh yeah. Life is a lot more complicated when you have children. Nothing is easy anymore.
"they've felt it before when the man in their pocket counted the cost of their material gains"
Children are expensive. Very expensive.
"as one more day slips away, who ever thought we could be so lonely?"
Despite all his sound reasoning, is he regretting not having children?
I think this song is about the idealism of youth. The dreams we have as children don't typically come true. It is at times sung from the point of view of a child. The child's parents fight, then get a divorce. But even while the lawyer is there counting there possessions, the couple sems to still have feeling for each other. In the future they wonder if it was all a dream, because the feelings came and went. Further into the future they can remember, perhaps fondly, the love they used to own.