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Getting Late Lyrics
this life keeps moving on
gone away before too long
so tell your friends just how you feel
you'd better say it loud for the world to hear
'cause it's getting late, it's time to go
the paper moon is fading slow
but the night, it keeps moving on
'til it takes you in; it brings you home
while you're watching over the moments that make up your life
it's getting late that's the way it is
you cant deny when it feels like this
and it's strange whats it's bringing out
you're gonna open up, 'cause you cant stop now, oh you can't stop now
it's getting late, you don't know how
you're wide awake, but you're missing out
you get your kicks while you can
then you go to work to pay the man
while you're watching over the moments that make up your life, alright
it's getting late
it's getting late
well it's getting late, oh yea
it's getting late
gone away before too long
so tell your friends just how you feel
you'd better say it loud for the world to hear
the paper moon is fading slow
but the night, it keeps moving on
'til it takes you in; it brings you home
you cant deny when it feels like this
and it's strange whats it's bringing out
you're gonna open up, 'cause you cant stop now, oh you can't stop now
you're wide awake, but you're missing out
you get your kicks while you can
then you go to work to pay the man
it's getting late
it's getting late
well it's getting late, oh yea
it's getting late
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time keeps passing, no matter what you do with your life. you just keep keeping on and hope you get a few good moments out of the whole ride
I was at Rob's concert last night, and he said this song was about death and how you learn to appreciate life as you get closer to dieing.
It is about the passage of time and no matter how much you wish it wasn't, life moves on whether you're ready or not. You try and make sure your life is made up well, but life won't wait for you to get it together. You have to live it moment by moment, and then you realize it is getting later in your life and you haven't noticed.
I've noticed recently how rob's individual music and his music with matchbox twenty has been pretty... well, deep throughout his career. This being the last song on his cd, its the last one i've heard of his, and i think he's gonna get better and better no matter how "late" it is. I'm not saying that's the song's meaning, tho. I'm just emphasizing how awesome it is.