The first time I heard this song was just a few days ago, just after a good friend of mine died at the age of 18. This song is just so emotional for me and means so much. The line "so scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young" hits me the hardest. I'm leaving for college in 2 weeks and even though I've hardly lived, I have lived in such a deep way by having to experience the loss of a friend. It's an awkward position to be in, but this song sums it up so, so well.
Around the time I heard this song, a Japanese exchange student introduced me to another song "Yell" -
Around the time I heard this song, a Japanese exchange student introduced me to another song "Yell" -
"Goodbye isn't a sad word
It's a YELL that connects us to our respective dreams
I'll hold the days we spent together in my heart
And fly towards my own sky."
"Goodbye isn't a sad word
It's a YELL that connects us to our respective dreams
I'll hold the days we spent together in my heart
And fly towards my own sky."
@nwc13 You said "the line 'so scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young' hits [you] the hardest" and you posted that as you were entering college, presumably in your 20s.
@nwc13 You said "the line 'so scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young' hits [you] the hardest" and you posted that as you were entering college, presumably in your 20s.
Well, I'm here to tell you that it also hits me hard, and I'm 66! I still think of myself as young, still exploring, and still growing... even though the rest of the world assumes I'm waaay past that!
Well, I'm here to tell you that it also hits me hard, and I'm 66! I still think of myself as young, still exploring, and still growing... even though the rest of the world assumes I'm waaay past that!
I've shared this song with my two adult sons, age 31 and 34, and asked them if they related to the line "I don't want to see my parents go / One generation's length away
/ From fighting life out on my own." They really don't sense that yet, but I know I may only have a decade left, when that will hit them. I remember how my life changed when my parents passed ~12 years ago. It was a mixed bag of emotion, but the break in my sense of continuity and security was undeniable, as JM tells us in this song.
This song can sometimes make me mist up, which surprises my sons. To them, it's just another kinda interesting song among the thousands that flit across their thoughts. Some day it may boomerang back into their consciousness and make them realize they've also crossed the generational divide and that the passage of time is relentless... Truly, "we'll never stop this train."
The first time I heard this song was just a few days ago, just after a good friend of mine died at the age of 18. This song is just so emotional for me and means so much. The line "so scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young" hits me the hardest. I'm leaving for college in 2 weeks and even though I've hardly lived, I have lived in such a deep way by having to experience the loss of a friend. It's an awkward position to be in, but this song sums it up so, so well.
Around the time I heard this song, a Japanese exchange student introduced me to another song "Yell" -
Around the time I heard this song, a Japanese exchange student introduced me to another song "Yell" -
"Goodbye isn't a sad word It's a YELL that connects us to our respective dreams I'll hold the days we spent together in my heart And fly towards my own sky."
"Goodbye isn't a sad word It's a YELL that connects us to our respective dreams I'll hold the days we spent together in my heart And fly towards my own sky."
youtube.com/watch (video) oneesama.blogspot.com/2009/10/ikimono-gakari-yell.html (English lyrics)
youtube.com/watch (video) oneesama.blogspot.com/2009/10/ikimono-gakari-yell.html (English lyrics)
PERSEVERE ON THIS AND BE REWARDED
PERSEVERE ON THIS AND BE REWARDED
@nwc13 You said "the line 'so scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young' hits [you] the hardest" and you posted that as you were entering college, presumably in your 20s.
@nwc13 You said "the line 'so scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young' hits [you] the hardest" and you posted that as you were entering college, presumably in your 20s.
Well, I'm here to tell you that it also hits me hard, and I'm 66! I still think of myself as young, still exploring, and still growing... even though the rest of the world assumes I'm waaay past that!
Well, I'm here to tell you that it also hits me hard, and I'm 66! I still think of myself as young, still exploring, and still growing... even though the rest of the world assumes I'm waaay past that!
I've shared this song with my two adult sons, age 31 and 34, and asked them if they related to the line "I don't want to see my parents go / One generation's length away / From fighting life out on my own." They really don't sense that yet, but I know I may only have a decade left, when that will hit them. I remember how my life changed when my parents passed ~12 years ago. It was a mixed bag of emotion, but the break in my sense of continuity and security was undeniable, as JM tells us in this song.
This song can sometimes make me mist up, which surprises my sons. To them, it's just another kinda interesting song among the thousands that flit across their thoughts. Some day it may boomerang back into their consciousness and make them realize they've also crossed the generational divide and that the passage of time is relentless... Truly, "we'll never stop this train."