You're wrong. This song isn't deep at all and is very easy to interpret. The message is to enjoy your youth while you have it because some day it will be gone. When you're young, you have an entire life ahead of you. However, the lesson the two kids learn is that irresponsibility cuts their youth short. I pointed out above these are cheeseball lyrics and this song isn't deep. But the unstated conflict in this song is that the very restrictions that hold youth back from living a full life while they can (the rules of their parents and mores of society) protect them from the tragedy of having to grow up early. Whether you have a kid when you're 18 or 28, you've lost out on something.
Are you a southern baptist minister by chance?
You're wrong. This song isn't deep at all and is very easy to interpret. The message is to enjoy your youth while you have it because some day it will be gone. When you're young, you have an entire life ahead of you. However, the lesson the two kids learn is that irresponsibility cuts their youth short. I pointed out above these are cheeseball lyrics and this song isn't deep. But the unstated conflict in this song is that the very restrictions that hold youth back from living a full life while they can (the rules of their parents and mores of society) protect them from the tragedy of having to grow up early. Whether you have a kid when you're 18 or 28, you've lost out on something.