Cats In The Cradle Lyrics Meaning
A song with a meaning behind it and a moral but still i always found it sad.
Cats in the cradle lyrics meaning. Ill be home in ten and well get together then. You know Ill have a good time then. What is the origin of the phrase Cats in the Cradle.
Cats in the Cradle. My child arrived just the other day Came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away He was talkin fore I knew it And as he grew he said Im gonna be like you Dad You know Im gonna be like you Chorus And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man n the moon. - the one far away who is unreachable idealized by the child who sees the father as his male role model.
Harrys ode to his son Josh written when Josh was born. Writen by Harry Chapins wife Sandy long before their son was. Cats in the Cradle Personally I feel like this song doesnt convey the point I think it was supposed to.
5272013 Cats in the Cradle Story and Meaning This song strikes a theme of time quickly passing and time lost. What you have strove for all your life can become too much to bear at the end of the day. The references to nursery rhymes suggest that the father wishes he could go back to the very beginning when the son was an infant and start over again.
And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon. The song reminds us that a hurried and busy life of work causes loss of person-to-person connection interaction and love. The phrase the cats in the cradle appears to be a reference to the childrens game where shapes are created with string.
The other lyrics make sense. The line The Cats in the Cradle was to my mind a reference to The Cats and the Cradle a Dutch Fairy tale. Verse 1 My child arrived just the other day Came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch and bills to pay He learned to walk while I.