This touching song by Neil Young basically conveys the message "you can't go home again." He pines for the town of his youth, which holds much significance: "All my changes were there." He could go visit the town but he can't return to his youth. He and the town have both changed, leaving him feeling "helpless, helpless, helpless."
This song inspires many listeners to think of their own childhoods and their places of significance, and knowing that we can't return to our youth, we may shed a tear and find ourselves singing along: "Helpless, helpless, helpless .."
This touching song by Neil Young basically conveys the message "you can't go home again." He pines for the town of his youth, which holds much significance: "All my changes were there." He could go visit the town but he can't return to his youth. He and the town have both changed, leaving him feeling "helpless, helpless, helpless." This song inspires many listeners to think of their own childhoods and their places of significance, and knowing that we can't return to our youth, we may shed a tear and find ourselves singing along: "Helpless, helpless, helpless .."