There has been a lot of comments about this song, but it seems to me that none got it the way I got. But this is because the song has clearly a LOT of meanings.. It takes part in lot of subjects. That's the geniusness in lyrics! As one can't ever tell EXACTLY what are they all about.. People tend to reach to these lyrics from the girls point of view, but I thought it as the guy.
I'm sure this isn't the most common approach to this song but my 2 cents and what has hit me like a million volts is the feeling that the GUY is confused about his relationship with the girl he loves. As he is this boy of the summer, and I see this "boys of summer" more like a metaphor or a period of a guy who decides to live/explore his youth more and so leaves his loved girlfriend. He knows his love to her will still be strong even after he's "exploration" -period..
And now as he's older he misses her, as he thought he knew what love was (something else than what he had with her back then) and now knows it was that what he had with her. He knows looking back at it hurts. He sees other boys of summers established with their cadillacs, but he is still without his true love. But determined to get her back :)
Boys of summer refers to baseball players, but this song is not about baseball at all.
Boys of summer refers to baseball players, but this song is not about baseball at all.
In general, i think Metsuri has it right. this song is written from the GUYs point of view. Most of the comments I think are incorrect. Boys of summer has nothing to do with boys, or summer. it has to do with the phase of ones life (sorry my keyboard apostrophe isnt working tonite)
In general, i think Metsuri has it right. this song is written from the GUYs point of view. Most of the comments I think are incorrect. Boys of summer has nothing to do with boys, or summer. it has to do with the phase of ones life (sorry my keyboard apostrophe isnt working tonite)
spring is your youth, 0-20 years old
summer is your early adulthood, 20-40 years old
spring is your youth, 0-20 years old
summer is your early adulthood, 20-40 years old
boys of summer being gone, and the beaches being empty and roads without cars, is...
boys of summer being gone, and the beaches being empty and roads without cars, is a way of saying, that he has gone past mid-life, he is now over 40, and his love for her would last through time and not fade away as time and the years go by.
fall: 40-60 years old
winter 60-80 years old
death
this song is about the guy, who moved on a from a girl, then in his mid-life as he moves into his 40s (after the boys of summer have gone), that his love for her is still strong.
There has been a lot of comments about this song, but it seems to me that none got it the way I got. But this is because the song has clearly a LOT of meanings.. It takes part in lot of subjects. That's the geniusness in lyrics! As one can't ever tell EXACTLY what are they all about.. People tend to reach to these lyrics from the girls point of view, but I thought it as the guy.
I'm sure this isn't the most common approach to this song but my 2 cents and what has hit me like a million volts is the feeling that the GUY is confused about his relationship with the girl he loves. As he is this boy of the summer, and I see this "boys of summer" more like a metaphor or a period of a guy who decides to live/explore his youth more and so leaves his loved girlfriend. He knows his love to her will still be strong even after he's "exploration" -period..
And now as he's older he misses her, as he thought he knew what love was (something else than what he had with her back then) and now knows it was that what he had with her. He knows looking back at it hurts. He sees other boys of summers established with their cadillacs, but he is still without his true love. But determined to get her back :)
Touches me a lot
Boys of summer refers to baseball players, but this song is not about baseball at all.
Boys of summer refers to baseball players, but this song is not about baseball at all.
In general, i think Metsuri has it right. this song is written from the GUYs point of view. Most of the comments I think are incorrect. Boys of summer has nothing to do with boys, or summer. it has to do with the phase of ones life (sorry my keyboard apostrophe isnt working tonite)
In general, i think Metsuri has it right. this song is written from the GUYs point of view. Most of the comments I think are incorrect. Boys of summer has nothing to do with boys, or summer. it has to do with the phase of ones life (sorry my keyboard apostrophe isnt working tonite)
spring is your youth, 0-20 years old summer is your early adulthood, 20-40 years old
spring is your youth, 0-20 years old summer is your early adulthood, 20-40 years old
boys of summer being gone, and the beaches being empty and roads without cars, is...
boys of summer being gone, and the beaches being empty and roads without cars, is a way of saying, that he has gone past mid-life, he is now over 40, and his love for her would last through time and not fade away as time and the years go by.
fall: 40-60 years old winter 60-80 years old death
this song is about the guy, who moved on a from a girl, then in his mid-life as he moves into his 40s (after the boys of summer have gone), that his love for her is still strong.