For me, this is about breaking free of something, maybe work you did not like.
With everything ahead of us we left, everything behind
But nothing that we needed at least
Not at this time
And I, feeling that I'm feeling, well
Is feeling like my life was finally mine
With nothing to go back to
We just continue, to drive
He maybe quit a job he didn't like and has the feeling that this job demanded too much time is his life.
He had the feeling that his life was not his own life but the life for the company or something.
But everything I was working for, only worth nickels and dimes
But if I had had a minute for every hour that I wasted I'd be rich in time
I'd be doing fine
The person did not get happy through the job and sees the time he was spending with being unhappy in his work/job as time lost.
The only thing he got through his job is a little money, but he would even trade that in in order to have back his lost time..
definitely my favourite Jack Johnson song!
For me, this is about breaking free of something, maybe work you did not like.
With everything ahead of us we left, everything behind But nothing that we needed at least Not at this time And I, feeling that I'm feeling, well Is feeling like my life was finally mine With nothing to go back to We just continue, to drive
He maybe quit a job he didn't like and has the feeling that this job demanded too much time is his life. He had the feeling that his life was not his own life but the life for the company or something.
But everything I was working for, only worth nickels and dimes But if I had had a minute for every hour that I wasted I'd be rich in time I'd be doing fine
The person did not get happy through the job and sees the time he was spending with being unhappy in his work/job as time lost. The only thing he got through his job is a little money, but he would even trade that in in order to have back his lost time..
But it of course could also be a love song :)