Cat Stevens Father And Son Lyrics Meaning

This song features two distinct characters a father and a son who are both portrayed by cat stevens.

Cat stevens father and son lyrics meaning. It s not time to make a change just relax take it easy. The words emphesize the love the father has for his son and his desire to see his son happy and not broken by the world. Look at me i am old but i m happy. And they re not particularly having a dialogue with each other.

In father and son a father tries to calm and keep his wayward son who feels that he has to start a new life for himself. Rather the father is addressing the son and the son is countering the father s argument though in a soliloquized manner as if he is actually speaking to himself. By jessica shelton december 30 2019. Both parts are sung by cat stevens with the son s verses in.

You re still young that s your fault there s so much you have to know. As the title suggests the song frames an exchange between a father not understanding a son s desire to break away and shape a new life and the son who cannot really explain himself but knows that it is time for him to seek his own destiny. Father and son is a popular song written and performed by english singer songwriter cat stevens now known as yusuf islam after his conversion to islam in 1977 on his 1970 album tea for the tillerman. The son answers back with the typical response of a frustrated youth that being that his father s love for him is limiting his potential and holding him back.

The son thinks his father won t listen to him as he s simply told to listen. Find a girl settle down if you want you can marry. It s a little melancholy but not about death. Cat stevens father and son lyrics meaning.

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