What I like is that this song views "sin" more as immaturity than EVIL. It's not saying, how could I have been so stupid! I hate myself! I was so awful! I don't deserve happiness I've been such a bad person. It's just awakening into a newfound matirity. It isn't about renewal or repenting, to me it's about growing up. And you'll always love your childhood, like he says "I've loved these days" but you'll also come to see how selfish or immature or just narrow-minded you were and go, "Wow! I've really grown!" It's more about nostalgic regret than self-loathing.
This was our theme for "Senior Week" in college, waaaayyyyy back in the '80's! Extremely fitting,...I thought it more of "time to let old habits go" and to move on, mature, and enter the "real world". It remains one of my very favorite tunes to this day....I still love those days--30 years later. And I will simply always love this song.
This was our theme for "Senior Week" in college, waaaayyyyy back in the '80's! Extremely fitting,...I thought it more of "time to let old habits go" and to move on, mature, and enter the "real world". It remains one of my very favorite tunes to this day....I still love those days--30 years later. And I will simply always love this song.
What I like is that this song views "sin" more as immaturity than EVIL. It's not saying, how could I have been so stupid! I hate myself! I was so awful! I don't deserve happiness I've been such a bad person. It's just awakening into a newfound matirity. It isn't about renewal or repenting, to me it's about growing up. And you'll always love your childhood, like he says "I've loved these days" but you'll also come to see how selfish or immature or just narrow-minded you were and go, "Wow! I've really grown!" It's more about nostalgic regret than self-loathing.
definitely!! and this is why I love the awesomeness that is Billy Joel =]
definitely!! and this is why I love the awesomeness that is Billy Joel =]
This was our theme for "Senior Week" in college, waaaayyyyy back in the '80's! Extremely fitting,...I thought it more of "time to let old habits go" and to move on, mature, and enter the "real world". It remains one of my very favorite tunes to this day....I still love those days--30 years later. And I will simply always love this song.
This was our theme for "Senior Week" in college, waaaayyyyy back in the '80's! Extremely fitting,...I thought it more of "time to let old habits go" and to move on, mature, and enter the "real world". It remains one of my very favorite tunes to this day....I still love those days--30 years later. And I will simply always love this song.