what is the meaning of the song the living years
The Living Years The song addresses a son's regret over unresolved conflict with his now-deceased father.[3] It won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically & Lyrically in 1989,[4] and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1990. In 1996, famed composer Burt Bacharach opined: "'The Living Years' is one of the finest lyrics of the last 10 years."[5]
Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song) This speaking style was also the basis for his approach of starting several consecutive lines with the same phrases "And you may find yourselfÂ ...", and with the chorus singing in part "letting the days go by, let the water hold me down," the song presents an existential mood to it. According to AllMusic critic Steve Huey, one of the main themes of the lyrics is "the drudgery of living life according to social expectations, and pursuing commonly accepted trophies (a large automobile, beautiful house, beautiful wife)."[5] Although the singer has these trophies, he begins to question whether they are real and how he got them.[6] This leads him to question further the reality of his very life, providing the existential element.[6]