this is sad that everyone associates this song with dawnson's creek now. nice commentary so far too -- i can see real deeping thinking what with all the "DAWSON'S CREEKS" and "PACEY IS SOO HAWT".
anyway back to the song. pretty straightforward song about the effects of war and what it does to you. i see it as one of the descendants of this family looking back on how her ancestors' love was spoiled by war -- he left his wife to raise their daughters all alone, and when he came back he was a jaded bitter man who didn't offer the family any love, hence "it's so hard to be gentle and warm". so this descendent is looking back on all this and telling her significant other "let's not be like this, lets not let how our fathers lived affect our lives."
You know it could have easily been how mothers lived that could ruin peoples lives also; we should be a gender equal society these days, Just like you have seen now women going to war , women bread winners at their jobs... etc etc. And Fathers are treated like illegal immigrants in family courts still; very sad they keep them from their children and make them pay like dogs;; that is not right and its time for a change.. Just a thought .
You know it could have easily been how mothers lived that could ruin peoples lives also; we should be a gender equal society these days, Just like you have seen now women going to war , women bread winners at their jobs... etc etc. And Fathers are treated like illegal immigrants in family courts still; very sad they keep them from their children and make them pay like dogs;; that is not right and its time for a change.. Just a thought .
this is sad that everyone associates this song with dawnson's creek now. nice commentary so far too -- i can see real deeping thinking what with all the "DAWSON'S CREEKS" and "PACEY IS SOO HAWT".
anyway back to the song. pretty straightforward song about the effects of war and what it does to you. i see it as one of the descendants of this family looking back on how her ancestors' love was spoiled by war -- he left his wife to raise their daughters all alone, and when he came back he was a jaded bitter man who didn't offer the family any love, hence "it's so hard to be gentle and warm". so this descendent is looking back on all this and telling her significant other "let's not be like this, lets not let how our fathers lived affect our lives."
You know it could have easily been how mothers lived that could ruin peoples lives also; we should be a gender equal society these days, Just like you have seen now women going to war , women bread winners at their jobs... etc etc. And Fathers are treated like illegal immigrants in family courts still; very sad they keep them from their children and make them pay like dogs;; that is not right and its time for a change.. Just a thought .
You know it could have easily been how mothers lived that could ruin peoples lives also; we should be a gender equal society these days, Just like you have seen now women going to war , women bread winners at their jobs... etc etc. And Fathers are treated like illegal immigrants in family courts still; very sad they keep them from their children and make them pay like dogs;; that is not right and its time for a change.. Just a thought .