I was probably 9 or 10 when I first heard this song. The songs meaning for me is different from probably anyone else. My mom left me before I started elementary school. She didn’t come back until I was around 10. My mom wore those bell bottoms when she came back into my life. Life was hell while she was gone. I would do anything for her to come back. But it wasn’t under my control. She had to decide. I just knew I loved her and needed her desperately. I felt like her faded jeans. That I had faded away since she’d been gone. I needed permanence. This song always brings me to tears. No matter what or who Clapton wrote it about, it represented my mother and myself. I wanted to be loved and important in my moms life. I didn’t want to fade away from her memory. Took me a long time to realize that there was nothing I could do alone to fill the void.
I was probably 9 or 10 when I first heard this song. The songs meaning for me is different from probably anyone else. My mom left me before I started elementary school. She didn’t come back until I was around 10. My mom wore those bell bottoms when she came back into my life. Life was hell while she was gone. I would do anything for her to come back. But it wasn’t under my control. She had to decide. I just knew I loved her and needed her desperately. I felt like her faded jeans. That I had faded away since she’d been gone. I needed permanence. This song always brings me to tears. No matter what or who Clapton wrote it about, it represented my mother and myself. I wanted to be loved and important in my moms life. I didn’t want to fade away from her memory. Took me a long time to realize that there was nothing I could do alone to fill the void.