Father And Son Lyrics Meaning
Look at me i am old but i m happy.
Father and son lyrics meaning. The father is explaining about all the things he knows through experience but the son won t listen as he s young. Cat stevens originally wrote father and son as part of a proposed musical project starring nigel hawthorne called revolussia that was set during the russian revolution and could also have become a film. The advice to find a girl and settle down along with i am old but i m happy are an attempt to convince his son into a conservative path. You re still young that s your fault there s so much you have to know.
It s not time to make a change just relax take it easy. The son thinks his father won t listen to him as he s simply told to listen. This song features two distinct characters a father and a son who are both portrayed by cat stevens. It s the basic relationship between a father and son.
Cat stevens father and son lyrics. You re still young that s your fault. His father gives him typical parental advice to keep his dreams simple and be careful. The musical project faded away when stevens contracted.
Find a girl settle down. The song was about a boy who wanted to join the revolution against the wishes of his conservative farmer father. Cat stevens father and son lyrics meaning. Ionela from baia sprie romania cat s message in father and son is extraordinary what he wants to say in this song is that we all will have to leave the nest to leave our parents and home in order to begin a new life our own if we succeded in life means that our parents educated us well the song is in fact a comment of a difficult situation in life to leave your parents or your parents to leave you.
Father and son lyrics. It s a little melancholy but not about death. Just relax take it easy. By jessica shelton december 30 2019.
Find a girl settle down if you want you can marry. Notably this song was born about a russian family where the son wants to join the revolution but his father wants him to stay home and work on the farm. This happens constantly throughout the known world. The first verse is the father s advice to his son before he heads off into the world.
Father it s not time to make a change. There s so much you have to know.