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Growing Up Beside You Lyrics
Sitting beside you in school
While we'd paint I'd make you laugh
Mine was never very good
Yours looked exactly like the photograph
Looks like I'm growing, I'm growing up beside you
I don't always get the way you feel
But now I've learned to live with that
It's like I'm a part of something real
I was hitting the bottle, now I've broke the seal
Looks like I'm growing, I'm growing up beside you
And the sun sets the scene
While the rain misses me
And all the time I'll be growing, growing up beside you
And the sun sets the scene
While the rain misses me
And all the time I'll be growing, growing up beside you
And the sun sets the scene
While the rain misses me
And all the time I'll be growing, growing up beside you
Looks like I'm growing, growing up beside you.
While we'd paint I'd make you laugh
Mine was never very good
Yours looked exactly like the photograph
Looks like I'm growing, I'm growing up beside you
But now I've learned to live with that
It's like I'm a part of something real
I was hitting the bottle, now I've broke the seal
Looks like I'm growing, I'm growing up beside you
While the rain misses me
And all the time I'll be growing, growing up beside you
While the rain misses me
And all the time I'll be growing, growing up beside you
While the rain misses me
And all the time I'll be growing, growing up beside you
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cutee! pretty much a story about lifelong friends and knowing someone really really well i think. alludes to likeing the girl but i dont think you cant be suree. i love thiss
I agree that its definitely about a childhood friend, and it does imply romantic feelings for that friend.
There's also a slightly melancholy tone, and the wiry "Looks like" suggests he speaks of an old romance, or someone who rejected him, or simply never noticed his feelings. There's no bitterness, but maybe there is a hint of sadness?
I love this song.
I think that the "looks like I'm growing up beside you" isn't a sad thing, but more of an accidental thing. Kind of like "I've known you forever, looks like we've grown up together, and we're still here together."