This is further supported in the first line of the chorus as well as the last, "15 there's still time for YOU, time to buy and time to lose, 15, there's never a wish better than this, when YOU only got years to live". The next verse I find of more interest, "I'm 33 for a moment, still the man, but you see I'm a THEY, a kid on the way, a family on my mind. I want to point out that any reference to a love in this song is also not necessarily the same love. If at 15 he is referring to "you" as an age and not a love, whoever he is with at 22 is not necessarily the love of his life and who he will go on to start a family with at In the verse, "I'm 45 for a moment, the sea is high, and I'm heading into a crisis, chasing the years of my life.
Those of you who said this is about having a midlife crisis, I have to agree that this requires no debate. Half time equals age 50 and wisdom is referred to as the mid-life crisis has passed and all one will do with their life has been done.
Its a time after retirement by everyday standards and time to enjoy the rest of ones days. Is the "we" here though, that is "moving on" 67 and his wife or 67 and all the previous ages? I would say probably all the previous ages moving towards and you will see why in the last verse and the final bridge to the chorus.
Here is where the tears come in addition to the chills for me, "I'm 99 for a moment, dying for just another moment, and I'm just dreaming, counting the ways to where you are. This says to me, that at 99 the "you" here is definitely not in reference to a love that has passed before the singer. In fact "you" is any one of the previous ages mentioned. This is all but confirmed in the final 3 of the 4 lines. And in the bridge, I would even go as far to say that this is his life flashing before his eyes before he reaches the end at And of course, "every day's a new day I welcome any comments or debate but this is the way I interpret the song.
Regardless, it is a beautiful song and will forever be one of my favorites! FallenSuperhero on January 05, Link. I hadn't thought of it that way, but really it makes good sense. I just wanted to say how much I like and appreciate this! Plus I just think you've made some very good interpretations! I don't know why I'm thanking you for this; it's not like I'm connected to Five for Fighting in any way.
I'm just another listener. Peace, Shari in California scaryshari on July 10, General Comment its about life.. General Comment I'm going to be a jerk again and point out how easy it is to misconstrue anything. For instance, this song could be about Nazi Germany, and the rise of the Third Reich: In , the height of the first world war, Germany definitely had to make some tough choices, and lots of their choices at this point affected their history, and their tumble into the Nazi government.
Still time for them indeed. It was around this time that Hitler was elected leader of the National Socialist party, and the timing of the Beerhall Putsch.
He is a man, but also a they The royal 'we', perhaps in the sense that he alone controls an entire country "family on my mind". Couldn't be clearer. Don't get me wrong, I love this song - I'm just poking fun at some people who can read anything out of anything at all! I fucking love your interpration ;p ithink on November 09, General Comment This song gives a strong impression of fleeting time.
What are you doing with yourself, man? Go fight for that woman. Quit waiting around! Song Meaning This song is beautiful. I spent three or four months writing 30 or 40 different verses. I rearranged the thing in probably a dozen permutations to get it right.
We did, you know, 30 different demos, tempo-mapping the whole thing. It was really much more structured and concise and took a lot more effort, which is more typical for me for songs. Especially songs you think may be, like, a single or a song you want to take to the masses. You have to be much more myopic and microscopic and really go to every detail to get it right. Luckily, that song secured myself as a non-one-hit-wonder! That was nice!
Though there was so much work put into it, the song is so pleasant and clean and bright. Can you talk about how you achieved that sonic crispness? But I think we needed to tell the story. We could spend an hour talking about this, but finding the right drum pattern, the exact perfect piano part and then the vocal. The vocal is key. And mixing it. Everything — you know, you miss on one thing, the whole house of cards can collapse.
But we had a sense, you know? And that took a long time. I think a lot of bands or songwriters who have a hit song, the tendency is to try and write that song again. I knew that was the kiss of death. But there was a lot of pressure, though.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, his mother was a piano teacher and father an astrophysicist at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena. Growing up between the two worlds of music and science, he began piano lessons with his mother at only two years old on his way to a summa cum laude Applied Mathematics degree at UCLA.
The musician, who considers Freddie Mercury and Steve Perry among his vocal influences, studied opera and classical voice because the rock stars did and while he continued to make music, ever the realist, he earned that math degree should he need a stable profession to fall back on.
All the while working at the family business Precision Wire Products. His career and life would take quite an interesting turn between dive bars and low to non- paying shows. One fateful evening, a superstar music publisher, Carla Berkowitz, discovered the struggling songwriter in a loud coffee house on, yes the cliche is true , Melrose and Vine.
She immediately offered him a publishing deal and he signed on the dotted line. She eventually married him, and together John and Carla have two children and the perfect dog. Recently celebrat ing 20 years of marriage they are sending their first child off to college this year.
Not a bad week! The song was a deeply-felt, world wide mega-hit, which served as a unofficial anthem of healing following the September 11, terrorist attacks on American soil. The song, which Ondrasik performed at The Concert For New York City, continues to inspire and bring solace to listeners as well being used in a variety of charitable efforts.
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