I wonder if this isn't a song about watching his son Liam grow up and take his first steps towards being a songwriter too? There are references to "You're flesh and blood, there's no excuse" (the Finns are a famously musical family), and of course to songwriting being a way of understanding yourself ("Make some sense of your life / Move your hand and make the mark").
I also like the comments about creativity, and how it can take you over if you let it ("And the hunger inside / Won't go away, it's starting to rise / And the longer you hide / The more you deny"). And the pride that a father can take in the achievements of his son, as he moves in his own area ("And the sea rushes in / Into my world" "I lay breathless in the arms of love / There's a bruise on my back / And a new understanding too").
And again, just another few moments of brilliance from Neil Finn.
I wonder if this isn't a song about watching his son Liam grow up and take his first steps towards being a songwriter too? There are references to "You're flesh and blood, there's no excuse" (the Finns are a famously musical family), and of course to songwriting being a way of understanding yourself ("Make some sense of your life / Move your hand and make the mark").
I also like the comments about creativity, and how it can take you over if you let it ("And the hunger inside / Won't go away, it's starting to rise / And the longer you hide / The more you deny"). And the pride that a father can take in the achievements of his son, as he moves in his own area ("And the sea rushes in / Into my world" "I lay breathless in the arms of love / There's a bruise on my back / And a new understanding too").
And again, just another few moments of brilliance from Neil Finn.