Whatever this song is about, I know I've been there. Mostly through high school, it's so easy to let yourself drift along, have your life planned out for you, and never take a chance. There's homework, there's social repression... and you waste your free time holed up in your room. And then, one day, you realize with horror that you're already 18 and one of the dullest people you know, with no original thoughts, nothing to leave your mark on the world with. That was something I went through, and this song really helped me sort through the depression that entailed after that.
This whole album really speaks to me as a young adult really. Probably because they wrote all the songs when they were my age. :)
Also, "The day the sun gets in your eyes is the day that you'll be free" is one of my favorite Guster lines in the history of ever.
Whatever this song is about, I know I've been there. Mostly through high school, it's so easy to let yourself drift along, have your life planned out for you, and never take a chance. There's homework, there's social repression... and you waste your free time holed up in your room. And then, one day, you realize with horror that you're already 18 and one of the dullest people you know, with no original thoughts, nothing to leave your mark on the world with. That was something I went through, and this song really helped me sort through the depression that entailed after that. This whole album really speaks to me as a young adult really. Probably because they wrote all the songs when they were my age. :) Also, "The day the sun gets in your eyes is the day that you'll be free" is one of my favorite Guster lines in the history of ever.