When you are older, you understand what it is to look back across the vast gulf of the past - your past - and have to accept that what's gone, is gone. I've rarely heard a song nails this feeling quite like this one.
Lee Ann sings with a sad recognition that somehow, 20 years have gone by and with it her youth, innocence, and beauty (putting her makeup on). She's made mistakes, but doesn't make excuses for them: "That's just the way it is..."
When you are older, you understand what it is to look back across the vast gulf of the past - your past - and have to accept that what's gone, is gone. I've rarely heard a song nails this feeling quite like this one.
Lee Ann sings with a sad recognition that somehow, 20 years have gone by and with it her youth, innocence, and beauty (putting her makeup on). She's made mistakes, but doesn't make excuses for them: "That's just the way it is..."
Indeed...