he wrote this song to his mother about a girl who he was in love with and planned to marry but she didn't approve, hence "if you could only see the way she loves me maybe you would understand"
It makes a lot of sense that this would be written for a parent. That was my interpretation of the lyrics from the second I read them.....the song resonates with me, having been in a situation where my parents are not crazy about me being in a relationship with someone. We live in a world where people easily judge relationships from the outside, saying, "Oh, that person is too old for you, not the right religion, race, gender, etc." The person in the song is defending his relationship (i.e. 'you got to take a little dirt to...
It makes a lot of sense that this would be written for a parent. That was my interpretation of the lyrics from the second I read them.....the song resonates with me, having been in a situation where my parents are not crazy about me being in a relationship with someone. We live in a world where people easily judge relationships from the outside, saying, "Oh, that person is too old for you, not the right religion, race, gender, etc." The person in the song is defending his relationship (i.e. 'you got to take a little dirt to keep what you love'). If others truly knew how happy the woman makes him and took time to look past their judgments, they would understand.
he wrote this song to his mother about a girl who he was in love with and planned to marry but she didn't approve, hence "if you could only see the way she loves me maybe you would understand"
It makes a lot of sense that this would be written for a parent. That was my interpretation of the lyrics from the second I read them.....the song resonates with me, having been in a situation where my parents are not crazy about me being in a relationship with someone. We live in a world where people easily judge relationships from the outside, saying, "Oh, that person is too old for you, not the right religion, race, gender, etc." The person in the song is defending his relationship (i.e. 'you got to take a little dirt to...
It makes a lot of sense that this would be written for a parent. That was my interpretation of the lyrics from the second I read them.....the song resonates with me, having been in a situation where my parents are not crazy about me being in a relationship with someone. We live in a world where people easily judge relationships from the outside, saying, "Oh, that person is too old for you, not the right religion, race, gender, etc." The person in the song is defending his relationship (i.e. 'you got to take a little dirt to keep what you love'). If others truly knew how happy the woman makes him and took time to look past their judgments, they would understand.