This is such a beautiful, powerful song. I'm a 49 year old man and I can barely listen to it because it makes me cry.
Every parent knows that being a parent is equal parts joy, pain and guilt, and this song captures this perfectly.
The line:
'I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well some of that we did but most we didn't
And why, I just don't know...'
just kills me and is more confirmation, as if it were needed, of ABBA's genius.
This is such a beautiful, powerful song. I'm a 49 year old man and I can barely listen to it because it makes me cry.
Every parent knows that being a parent is equal parts joy, pain and guilt, and this song captures this perfectly.
The line:
'I let precious time go by Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling And a sense of guilt I can't deny What happened to the wonderful adventures The places I had planned for us to go Well some of that we did but most we didn't And why, I just don't know...'
just kills me and is more confirmation, as if it were needed, of ABBA's genius.