Simply how nostalgia comes up and grabs you suddenly, maybe when it's dark and cold and you're alone, and even though you don't want to retreat into the past there's the recollections of things incomplete, times that were filled with fun but on which you didn't build anything substantial for the rest of your life.
@neilmc - I know this is an old post, but this review nails it! The nostalgia and sentimentality of good, simpler times leaves us curious as to what we've given up as we've grown up and gained more responsibilities. We can even dream about these times during sleep, or daydream about it, and then come back to realize that's the only place it continues to exist (when you realize you are not in a crowd re-connecting with an old flame, but all alone in that moment). Getting a ticket on the last train home tonight is a...
@neilmc - I know this is an old post, but this review nails it! The nostalgia and sentimentality of good, simpler times leaves us curious as to what we've given up as we've grown up and gained more responsibilities. We can even dream about these times during sleep, or daydream about it, and then come back to realize that's the only place it continues to exist (when you realize you are not in a crowd re-connecting with an old flame, but all alone in that moment). Getting a ticket on the last train home tonight is a matter of wanting to return to our real lives. That is, even though we have fond memories, we realize we have made good choices and love the life we currently have. Still, there is a part of ourselves that continues to travel back to the past, and even tries to justify itself in doing so by rationalizing that we could learn something valuable about ourselves, but it's a BS game, because we've already learned those lessons. This song is all about pure emotional nostalgia, and how it creeps in from time to time.
Oh Boy, how you put it in your words, exactly what I see and feel. The recollections of things incomplete. You didn't build anything substantial for the "rest of your life". I shouldn't, but always wished I could go back in time. There's just one thing I would change. Being with her for the rest of my life. But the way you put it seems really like something Al Stewart would say. Thanks
Oh Boy, how you put it in your words, exactly what I see and feel. The recollections of things incomplete. You didn't build anything substantial for the "rest of your life". I shouldn't, but always wished I could go back in time. There's just one thing I would change. Being with her for the rest of my life. But the way you put it seems really like something Al Stewart would say. Thanks
Simply how nostalgia comes up and grabs you suddenly, maybe when it's dark and cold and you're alone, and even though you don't want to retreat into the past there's the recollections of things incomplete, times that were filled with fun but on which you didn't build anything substantial for the rest of your life.
@neilmc - I know this is an old post, but this review nails it! The nostalgia and sentimentality of good, simpler times leaves us curious as to what we've given up as we've grown up and gained more responsibilities. We can even dream about these times during sleep, or daydream about it, and then come back to realize that's the only place it continues to exist (when you realize you are not in a crowd re-connecting with an old flame, but all alone in that moment). Getting a ticket on the last train home tonight is a...
@neilmc - I know this is an old post, but this review nails it! The nostalgia and sentimentality of good, simpler times leaves us curious as to what we've given up as we've grown up and gained more responsibilities. We can even dream about these times during sleep, or daydream about it, and then come back to realize that's the only place it continues to exist (when you realize you are not in a crowd re-connecting with an old flame, but all alone in that moment). Getting a ticket on the last train home tonight is a matter of wanting to return to our real lives. That is, even though we have fond memories, we realize we have made good choices and love the life we currently have. Still, there is a part of ourselves that continues to travel back to the past, and even tries to justify itself in doing so by rationalizing that we could learn something valuable about ourselves, but it's a BS game, because we've already learned those lessons. This song is all about pure emotional nostalgia, and how it creeps in from time to time.
Oh Boy, how you put it in your words, exactly what I see and feel. The recollections of things incomplete. You didn't build anything substantial for the "rest of your life". I shouldn't, but always wished I could go back in time. There's just one thing I would change. Being with her for the rest of my life. But the way you put it seems really like something Al Stewart would say. Thanks
Oh Boy, how you put it in your words, exactly what I see and feel. The recollections of things incomplete. You didn't build anything substantial for the "rest of your life". I shouldn't, but always wished I could go back in time. There's just one thing I would change. Being with her for the rest of my life. But the way you put it seems really like something Al Stewart would say. Thanks