*This song is about college (if you enjoyed it the right way.)
You live in a place long long ago
Where nothing moves, and time goes slow
And someone sang about a golden age
In summertime park, drinking in the dark
This place was the machine that put the iron in your heart
Its a time that feels long ago, but really wasn't that long ago. Where everything was carefree and you were having the time of your life and you thought it would never end.
So we hung around, and we hung around, and we hung around for days
In the parking lot stoned, the stars shone out of phase
And the rain came down, cassettes were out, oh no
And you left town, feeling pretty down
With your headphones, and your coat, and your dirty graduation gown
This part of the song relates to the time after the graduation where they hung out in their college town for a little longer. Then it was time to move on (the rain came down) and college was over and that part of their lives was done and it was hard to let it go.
You were in the bedroom singing radio songs
Sing loud, sing all night Emily
Needed something to help you along
This Emily character is still missing that life and music helps her cope with leaving college behind and facing the real world
Freeze, freeze, freeze little golden age
Freeze, freeze, freeze little golden age
wishes college could have lasted forever
And I don't miss my little golden age
Cause the body takes the heart, takes the heart from place to place
But this place still stands, this place remains unchanged
And you can't go back but who would want to anyway
Singer states he doesn't miss it because there will be good times to be found along the road and even though the college and the town are still there as they always were, they really aren't there for his graduating class any more because their times have passed and its a whole different world now so whats the point of going back?
After hearing this song one time, I connected it with leaving the college world and entering the real world. Maybe cuz Im a recent graduate so I can really relate.
*This song is about college (if you enjoyed it the right way.)
You live in a place long long ago Where nothing moves, and time goes slow And someone sang about a golden age In summertime park, drinking in the dark This place was the machine that put the iron in your heart
So we hung around, and we hung around, and we hung around for days In the parking lot stoned, the stars shone out of phase And the rain came down, cassettes were out, oh no And you left town, feeling pretty down With your headphones, and your coat, and your dirty graduation gown
You were in the bedroom singing radio songs Sing loud, sing all night Emily Needed something to help you along
Freeze, freeze, freeze little golden age Freeze, freeze, freeze little golden age
And I don't miss my little golden age Cause the body takes the heart, takes the heart from place to place But this place still stands, this place remains unchanged And you can't go back but who would want to anyway
Singer states he doesn't miss it because there will be good times to be found along the road and even though the college and the town are still there as they always were, they really aren't there for his graduating class any more because their times have passed and its a whole different world now so whats the point of going back?
After hearing this song one time, I connected it with leaving the college world and entering the real world. Maybe cuz Im a recent graduate so I can really relate.