What a song. Neil is a genius when it comes to writing.
The song is about how when someone lives their early years in the limelight, doing something very well, and reflecting on it towards the end of their life, saddened that it is over, and that they never can do it again.
1st verse - An unidentified dancer who used to perform in front of large audiences, and now it brings them pain to dance as they once did. They know that they in incapable to ever do it again, and are deeply saddened by that, with memories flowing back.
2nd verse - Writer (Ernest Hemingway?) who is full of himself, and can't write near how he once did, thirty years ago. He is enraged and sick.
Chorus/Bridge - This talks about how some become superstars, and move the world, while others sit and dream about being those people. And how it is far more painful to watch something you love die away, rather than never having known it in the first place.
What a song. Neil is a genius when it comes to writing.
The song is about how when someone lives their early years in the limelight, doing something very well, and reflecting on it towards the end of their life, saddened that it is over, and that they never can do it again.
1st verse - An unidentified dancer who used to perform in front of large audiences, and now it brings them pain to dance as they once did. They know that they in incapable to ever do it again, and are deeply saddened by that, with memories flowing back.
2nd verse - Writer (Ernest Hemingway?) who is full of himself, and can't write near how he once did, thirty years ago. He is enraged and sick.
Chorus/Bridge - This talks about how some become superstars, and move the world, while others sit and dream about being those people. And how it is far more painful to watch something you love die away, rather than never having known it in the first place.