Henley's "Heart of the Matter" was the song that I always carried with me in my head to accept the lost love of my life twenty years ago. That was until she looked me up last year and I found out things were not what I had always thought. She had always regretted losing me, we began talking again, and then she confessed that she still loved me, more today than back then. I played that song again, and the rest of Henley's Greatest Hits, and suddenly I came upon "Boys of Summer", a song I had heard many times, and always thought of it as a good song of reminiscing of lost youth. Now I see the real genius of the song.
He sings of his lost love for most of the song, he's gonna get her back, he's gonna show her what he's made of. There's going to be a happy ending. Then the bridge leads to the classic line:
Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
Little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back
Though I knew what love was, what did I know?
Those days are gone forever, I should just let em go
A lot has been made of the reference to the irony of a non-conformist Deadhead driving a Cadillac, which deserves some merit. But for me, it's the next lines that hold the most weight for me. I didn't know what love was, I only thought I did, and I thought I was in love with her. I've grown and changed so much in twenty years. I don't love her anymore. I can't look back that way anymore. It's just a memory, it's gone.
@rieta11513, I can't say that I ever did! I can see where you're going with it for certain. I think mine and her personalities are too different from Rhett and Scarlett to relate though. I think, outside of this song, the other comparison that I have connected is Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police. She was older than me, I was a naive kid. Years later, after so much experience in life and relationships, "you will find your servant is your master". That song gets me every time.
@rieta11513, I can't say that I ever did! I can see where you're going with it for certain. I think mine and her personalities are too different from Rhett and Scarlett to relate though. I think, outside of this song, the other comparison that I have connected is Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police. She was older than me, I was a naive kid. Years later, after so much experience in life and relationships, "you will find your servant is your master". That song gets me every time.
@landed09 Okay, sorry. (I had just read Gone With the Wind, so I was kind of in the mood, as I get sometimes) That is a great song! Thank you, and once again, I'm so sorry!
@landed09 Okay, sorry. (I had just read Gone With the Wind, so I was kind of in the mood, as I get sometimes) That is a great song! Thank you, and once again, I'm so sorry!
Henley's "Heart of the Matter" was the song that I always carried with me in my head to accept the lost love of my life twenty years ago. That was until she looked me up last year and I found out things were not what I had always thought. She had always regretted losing me, we began talking again, and then she confessed that she still loved me, more today than back then. I played that song again, and the rest of Henley's Greatest Hits, and suddenly I came upon "Boys of Summer", a song I had heard many times, and always thought of it as a good song of reminiscing of lost youth. Now I see the real genius of the song.
He sings of his lost love for most of the song, he's gonna get her back, he's gonna show her what he's made of. There's going to be a happy ending. Then the bridge leads to the classic line:
Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac Little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back Though I knew what love was, what did I know? Those days are gone forever, I should just let em go
A lot has been made of the reference to the irony of a non-conformist Deadhead driving a Cadillac, which deserves some merit. But for me, it's the next lines that hold the most weight for me. I didn't know what love was, I only thought I did, and I thought I was in love with her. I've grown and changed so much in twenty years. I don't love her anymore. I can't look back that way anymore. It's just a memory, it's gone.
@landed09 This may be irrelevant, but have you ever likened your love to that of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O' Hara? Sorry to pry.
@landed09 This may be irrelevant, but have you ever likened your love to that of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O' Hara? Sorry to pry.
@landed09 This may be irrelevant, but have you ever likened your love to that of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O' Hara? Sorry to pry.
@landed09 This may be irrelevant, but have you ever likened your love to that of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O' Hara? Sorry to pry.
@rieta11513, I can't say that I ever did! I can see where you're going with it for certain. I think mine and her personalities are too different from Rhett and Scarlett to relate though. I think, outside of this song, the other comparison that I have connected is Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police. She was older than me, I was a naive kid. Years later, after so much experience in life and relationships, "you will find your servant is your master". That song gets me every time.
@rieta11513, I can't say that I ever did! I can see where you're going with it for certain. I think mine and her personalities are too different from Rhett and Scarlett to relate though. I think, outside of this song, the other comparison that I have connected is Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police. She was older than me, I was a naive kid. Years later, after so much experience in life and relationships, "you will find your servant is your master". That song gets me every time.
@landed09 Okay, sorry. (I had just read Gone With the Wind, so I was kind of in the mood, as I get sometimes) That is a great song! Thank you, and once again, I'm so sorry!
@landed09 Okay, sorry. (I had just read Gone With the Wind, so I was kind of in the mood, as I get sometimes) That is a great song! Thank you, and once again, I'm so sorry!