This one is tough because you feel so many different emotions when hearing it. For me, overall, I feel the melancholy undertones and also the fleeting feeling of that magical trance you’re in when you experience that first love at a young age. Some people have never experienced it.
I will never forget mine- and it was fleeting, like a shooting star for instance- it’s right there and it’s mesmerizing and magical and then you blink your eyes and it’s gone forever. That’s the heart of this song with also undertones of fleeting youth, and the naivety of believing that first love is going to last forever. Because just like with getting older, and growing up, the relationship too will come and go, but always you still get that butterfly feeling when you think back on it and how special it was even if only for a short time, it was SO worth it. If I could describe it in only one word I’d say nostalgia. The word playground is used to portray the innocence and freedom of those teenage years. Some people call those years the salad years! Another excellent representation in a song of this time in one’s life is that song “strawberry wine” different vibe, but totally the same meaning.
This one is tough because you feel so many different emotions when hearing it. For me, overall, I feel the melancholy undertones and also the fleeting feeling of that magical trance you’re in when you experience that first love at a young age. Some people have never experienced it. I will never forget mine- and it was fleeting, like a shooting star for instance- it’s right there and it’s mesmerizing and magical and then you blink your eyes and it’s gone forever. That’s the heart of this song with also undertones of fleeting youth, and the naivety of believing that first love is going to last forever. Because just like with getting older, and growing up, the relationship too will come and go, but always you still get that butterfly feeling when you think back on it and how special it was even if only for a short time, it was SO worth it. If I could describe it in only one word I’d say nostalgia. The word playground is used to portray the innocence and freedom of those teenage years. Some people call those years the salad years! Another excellent representation in a song of this time in one’s life is that song “strawberry wine” different vibe, but totally the same meaning.