the navesink banks, i think its a really simple song, but its one of my favourite. the first 2 verses are in the past and the final is in the present.
verse 1, i think is about him losing his virginity, hes 'barely 17', i think he maybe used this girl, theres no reference to romance, lust or passion so i think he just used her and maybe broke her heart.
verse 2- i think he got into the wrong crowd when he was younger, was a bit of a rebel, acting hard and tough but it was only an act "We were scared and tired and barely seventeen". i think by doing this to this girl and losing his virginity made him feel old and grown up. "My first sin was the fear that made me old."
verse 3- i love this verse by the way! were now in the present, he's come back to his hometown with his wife/girlfriend and he's trying to tell her that he used to be different, that he was once a different person and she wouldn't have liked who he used to be. "But she only smiles" and says "Listen, baby, I know you now." saying that whats in the past is in the past and its who we are now and what we do now is what matters. he's still haunted by the memories of what he did to this "young American girl", and his girlfriend is saying to him that he's beating himself up over something thats not as bigger deal as he thinks. and that he needs to move on and stop living in regret.
@cieran it's not just about what is in the past is in the past: it's his past that brought him to where he is now. Your first sin is a lie you told yourself means it wasn't even a sin. Is was you that thought it was a sin, but she doesn't see it as that.
@cieran it's not just about what is in the past is in the past: it's his past that brought him to where he is now. Your first sin is a lie you told yourself means it wasn't even a sin. Is was you that thought it was a sin, but she doesn't see it as that.
the navesink banks, i think its a really simple song, but its one of my favourite. the first 2 verses are in the past and the final is in the present.
verse 1, i think is about him losing his virginity, hes 'barely 17', i think he maybe used this girl, theres no reference to romance, lust or passion so i think he just used her and maybe broke her heart.
verse 2- i think he got into the wrong crowd when he was younger, was a bit of a rebel, acting hard and tough but it was only an act "We were scared and tired and barely seventeen". i think by doing this to this girl and losing his virginity made him feel old and grown up. "My first sin was the fear that made me old."
verse 3- i love this verse by the way! were now in the present, he's come back to his hometown with his wife/girlfriend and he's trying to tell her that he used to be different, that he was once a different person and she wouldn't have liked who he used to be. "But she only smiles" and says "Listen, baby, I know you now." saying that whats in the past is in the past and its who we are now and what we do now is what matters. he's still haunted by the memories of what he did to this "young American girl", and his girlfriend is saying to him that he's beating himself up over something thats not as bigger deal as he thinks. and that he needs to move on and stop living in regret.
@cieran it's not just about what is in the past is in the past: it's his past that brought him to where he is now. Your first sin is a lie you told yourself means it wasn't even a sin. Is was you that thought it was a sin, but she doesn't see it as that.
@cieran it's not just about what is in the past is in the past: it's his past that brought him to where he is now. Your first sin is a lie you told yourself means it wasn't even a sin. Is was you that thought it was a sin, but she doesn't see it as that.
Really enjoyed your analysis.
Really enjoyed your analysis.