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Cover art for The Living Years lyrics by Mike And The Mechanics

This song means a lot to me, I wasn't there the morning my father died, we didn't have the closeness I wish we had but we still got along, i understand that times were different and I'm glad before he died he got to hold my 2 sons, when I listen to this song I wish I could've told him how I felt but I never got the chance, and just like the song says "you say you just don't see it" "he says it make perfect sense" " you just can't get agreement in this present tense" years later now that I hear these lyrics they cut like a knife, my sons are now young adults and we don't always see eye to eye, when I'm gone I don't want them to feel the regret of not telling me how they feel, we can listen as well as we hear.

[Edit: Missed word]

Negative
Subjective
Sadness
Regret
Family
Communication
Parenthood
Reflection