Everybody has that time in their youth when everything seemed to be going great, feeling on top of the world. Before the songwriter experienced broken relationships, broken dreams, and moving away from home, he was living a high school life of football and a girl (who eventually chose to leave in search of something better).
When I hear this song, I imagine Eric revisiting his hometown, and remembering all of the good and bad memories. Looking down at the football field, every emotion just comes rushing back, but life has irreversibly changed since then. My favorite lines are in the bridge, "You can have ___". He's saying, I may have all of these items that remind me of my youth, but they're hollow. I would trade all of these things in just to be able to go back and experience the days of my youth again in this place. Sometimes you need to mourn for the loss of the good ol' days.
Going on a limb, but perhaps the red and green may refer to the football team, as his high school team wore red jerseys, playing on a green field.
Everybody has that time in their youth when everything seemed to be going great, feeling on top of the world. Before the songwriter experienced broken relationships, broken dreams, and moving away from home, he was living a high school life of football and a girl (who eventually chose to leave in search of something better). When I hear this song, I imagine Eric revisiting his hometown, and remembering all of the good and bad memories. Looking down at the football field, every emotion just comes rushing back, but life has irreversibly changed since then. My favorite lines are in the bridge, "You can have ___". He's saying, I may have all of these items that remind me of my youth, but they're hollow. I would trade all of these things in just to be able to go back and experience the days of my youth again in this place. Sometimes you need to mourn for the loss of the good ol' days.
Going on a limb, but perhaps the red and green may refer to the football team, as his high school team wore red jerseys, playing on a green field.