I remember hearing this song for the first time last year on the 100Million fans... boxset, and then hearing his meaning on the boxset. I can't remember it perfectly, so shoot me down if you can.
It's referring to life and growing older and how life seems just like a carnival as a child.
A lot of it talks of contrast, then and now. When you're a kid everything just seems so happy and full of life, like the clown, but as we grow older we see past the make-up and smiles to the lies beneath. So everything, the "carnival", our dreams, life in general seems to fade.
"Miss Fourth of July" is just the promise made to us when we're young, of how good life can be, and how much of a change we can make; much like the promise of freedom and happiness the 4th of July brings.
It's really a sad song in it's jaded nature. And as with any song, piece of art[BON JOVI MASTERPIECE!!!] its all about perception, but yeah that's what i remember of the interview + my own thoughts.
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I remember hearing this song for the first time last year on the 100Million fans... boxset, and then hearing his meaning on the boxset. I can't remember it perfectly, so shoot me down if you can.
It's referring to life and growing older and how life seems just like a carnival as a child. A lot of it talks of contrast, then and now. When you're a kid everything just seems so happy and full of life, like the clown, but as we grow older we see past the make-up and smiles to the lies beneath. So everything, the "carnival", our dreams, life in general seems to fade.
"Miss Fourth of July" is just the promise made to us when we're young, of how good life can be, and how much of a change we can make; much like the promise of freedom and happiness the 4th of July brings.
It's really a sad song in it's jaded nature. And as with any song, piece of art[BON JOVI MASTERPIECE!!!] its all about perception, but yeah that's what i remember of the interview + my own thoughts.
Really great song too