i dont agree were still the children means alot to me cos i got divorced last year and i have two lovely girls harley and taylor who i see once a week and that song sums everthing up how i feel my relationship is with my girls.
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> As for depressing songs, the two songs that come most to
> mind as depressing are Still The Children ala Jim, and The
> Future Ain't What It Used To Be. But at least for me,
> there are other highly valued qualities to them.
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> > I know what a depressing song sounds like. The reason why
> > “Total Eclipse” is so depressing is because it holds the
> > most depressing line ever to be written:
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> > “Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the
> > best of all the years have gone by”
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> > Everyone can relate to that line, and their first reaction
> > would be “My god that line is so true and depressing”
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> > As a young lad I’d actually rephrase that line:
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> > “Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the
> > best of all the years ARE going by”
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> > That line is depressing of course it is, not only does it
> > actually make a lot of sense, it actually makes you think
> > about growing old, and that you’ll never stay young
> > forever. It seems strange that Jim would put that line in
> > a song, it doesn’t sound like his way of thinking.
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> > Just a thought.
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