this is the first NMH song i heard, and i fell in love from here.
the idea of a "candy coated dream" suggests that he's romanticising aspects of his life, to make them seem more appealing and to ignore the less desirable things "cracks that follow you and me" in favour of the sweeter and simpler images "toy guitar that's out of tune/eyes fixed on morning-time cartoons"
perhaps the narration is on about romanticising childhood as the first commenter said, and the later parts "will you kiss my child/as she is dancing now" and "the cracks that follow you and me" are about how now he's older and knows he didn't have the best past he wants to provide that for his family and lover because his past are the cracks that follow him and threaten to repeat themselves?
this is the first NMH song i heard, and i fell in love from here.
the idea of a "candy coated dream" suggests that he's romanticising aspects of his life, to make them seem more appealing and to ignore the less desirable things "cracks that follow you and me" in favour of the sweeter and simpler images "toy guitar that's out of tune/eyes fixed on morning-time cartoons"
perhaps the narration is on about romanticising childhood as the first commenter said, and the later parts "will you kiss my child/as she is dancing now" and "the cracks that follow you and me" are about how now he's older and knows he didn't have the best past he wants to provide that for his family and lover because his past are the cracks that follow him and threaten to repeat themselves?
i'm not sure, but it is a lovely song. :)