Father And Son Lyrics Interpretation
The father wants him to go the same way he went.
Father and son lyrics interpretation. Queen father to son. The song contains a lyrical trick of verse and chorus sung by different people with different perspectives on the situation. By jessica shelton december 30 2019. To the family life.
The father is explaining about all the things he knows through experience but the son won t listen as he s young. Both parts are sung by cat stevens with the son s verses in a higher. 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. It s a little melancholy but not about death.
Original lyrics of father and son song by cat stevens. Stevens now known as yusuf islam was happy that the wholesome group had success with it. When the father dies and the son becomes king he will have many struggles but he will look back at his father s letter and start to. Father to son lyrics.
The son want to go out and do something with his life that his father doesn t approve of. It s the basic relationship between a father and son. The dialogue between father and son hints at stevens lonely childhood. Explore 2 meanings and explanations or write yours.
And they re not particularly having a dialogue with each other. A word in your ear. His son doesn t understand the advice yet because he is still young so he either cannot or will not grasp the meaning. This happens constantly throughout the known world.
The son thinks his father won t listen to him as he s simply told to listen. Comment and share your favourite lyrics. 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. Cat stevens father and son lyrics meaning.
Watch official video print or download text in pdf. It seems to me that the father is scared for his son that his sons dreams may not come true so he don t even want him to take a chance and end up with heartbreak. Son how can i try to explain cause when i do he turns away again it s always been the same same old story from the moment i could talk i was ordered to listen now there s a way and i know that i have to go away i know i have to go father it s not time to make a change away away away just sit down take it slowly.