My mom thought it was about seeing your children grow up and move away. Re-reading the lyrics, I don't think that's what the author meant, but I feel like interpreting it that way -- now that I am a mother watching my own children grow up, and some move away -- has a lot more emotional meaning for me than yet another lost love/breakup song.
My mom thought it was about seeing your children grow up and move away. Re-reading the lyrics, I don't think that's what the author meant, but I feel like interpreting it that way -- now that I am a mother watching my own children grow up, and some move away -- has a lot more emotional meaning for me than yet another lost love/breakup song.