To me this song is to my 8 year old daughter...the guilt I have over finally leaving her cheating father and how one day she will grow up and understand why I couldn't stay with him anymore.
How she'd often catch me crying at the thought of her being affected by our divorce--and having her comfort me without fully understanding why I was sad.
It's about how I know her headstrong personality will keep her from ending up where I was; manipulated for years by a man I was afraid to leave.
And about being nervous about my entire life taking a different direction, but also hopeful for a new beginning.
I know that's not what the artist intended, but that's what this song means to me. I'm overcome with emotion every time I hear it!
That is such a powerful statement. I'm so glad you had the courage to leave. As Kate herself is a single mother, I'm sure her pain can resonate when it comes to separation.
That is such a powerful statement. I'm so glad you had the courage to leave. As Kate herself is a single mother, I'm sure her pain can resonate when it comes to separation.
This song, I find, is a message from the artist to her son. Her son is growing up in a new world, a different kind of world, an unordinary world... Things will be different for him, for sure. But she has all her love for him. She wants a better life for him, than what she may have experienced herself.
This song, I find, is a message from the artist to her son. Her son is growing up in a new world, a different kind of world, an unordinary world... Things will be different for him, for sure. But she has all her love for him. She wants a better life for him, than what she may have experienced herself.
It's such a beautiful and honest ballad....
It's such a beautiful and honest ballad. Raw. Organic. Folky. Wispy. This honesty is so widely felt.
This song, to me (though probably not what the artist intended), is just about putting the past behind you and looking forward to what's to come "when you're older." As we're getting older, we're stripping ourselves of our innocence and childhood and younger years... It's so bittersweet. It's about leaving home, for me. About leaving the place where you feel most like you. Most in your element.
"When you’re older, you’ll look back
As you grow you’ll understand
Why I left"
It is to let yourself be free, go on and live on...
To me this song is to my 8 year old daughter...the guilt I have over finally leaving her cheating father and how one day she will grow up and understand why I couldn't stay with him anymore.
How she'd often catch me crying at the thought of her being affected by our divorce--and having her comfort me without fully understanding why I was sad.
It's about how I know her headstrong personality will keep her from ending up where I was; manipulated for years by a man I was afraid to leave.
And about being nervous about my entire life taking a different direction, but also hopeful for a new beginning.
I know that's not what the artist intended, but that's what this song means to me. I'm overcome with emotion every time I hear it!
That is such a powerful statement. I'm so glad you had the courage to leave. As Kate herself is a single mother, I'm sure her pain can resonate when it comes to separation.
That is such a powerful statement. I'm so glad you had the courage to leave. As Kate herself is a single mother, I'm sure her pain can resonate when it comes to separation.
This song, I find, is a message from the artist to her son. Her son is growing up in a new world, a different kind of world, an unordinary world... Things will be different for him, for sure. But she has all her love for him. She wants a better life for him, than what she may have experienced herself.
This song, I find, is a message from the artist to her son. Her son is growing up in a new world, a different kind of world, an unordinary world... Things will be different for him, for sure. But she has all her love for him. She wants a better life for him, than what she may have experienced herself.
It's such a beautiful and honest ballad....
It's such a beautiful and honest ballad. Raw. Organic. Folky. Wispy. This honesty is so widely felt.
This song, to me (though probably not what the artist intended), is just about putting the past behind you and looking forward to what's to come "when you're older." As we're getting older, we're stripping ourselves of our innocence and childhood and younger years... It's so bittersweet. It's about leaving home, for me. About leaving the place where you feel most like you. Most in your element.
"When you’re older, you’ll look back As you grow you’ll understand Why I left"
It is to let yourself be free, go on and live on...