my friend who was the same age as me (19 at the time) died a few months ago and I remember driving to the hospital to see her before she passed away and hearing the lyrics to this song. It really got to me, just the fact that i was driving to the hospital alone made me feel strangely grown up, but not in a good way. ("Everybody knows it hurts to grow up, And everybody does.") I saw a lot of old friends at the hospital ("It's so weird to be back here") Everyone was sort of freaked out because the mortality of a person your age sort of makes you realize that you can't fight growing up("Let me tell you what. The years go on and we're still fighting it, we're still fighting it ") but most of all what really got me was that my friend was so similar to me, and she died ("And you're so much like me, I'm sorry.") So needless to say, this song really means something to me. I think that since he wrote it for his son he's basically just talking about life, and I guess thats why it fit what was going on in my life so well.
my friend who was the same age as me (19 at the time) died a few months ago and I remember driving to the hospital to see her before she passed away and hearing the lyrics to this song. It really got to me, just the fact that i was driving to the hospital alone made me feel strangely grown up, but not in a good way. ("Everybody knows it hurts to grow up, And everybody does.") I saw a lot of old friends at the hospital ("It's so weird to be back here") Everyone was sort of freaked out because the mortality of a person your age sort of makes you realize that you can't fight growing up("Let me tell you what. The years go on and we're still fighting it, we're still fighting it ") but most of all what really got me was that my friend was so similar to me, and she died ("And you're so much like me, I'm sorry.") So needless to say, this song really means something to me. I think that since he wrote it for his son he's basically just talking about life, and I guess thats why it fit what was going on in my life so well.