If now's not the time, then tomorrow is too late. 'While WeвЂ™re Young' is a song about how young people panic about time as if everything is urgent. 'Anticipation' by Carly SimonД¬arly Simon pinpoints how equally fast and slow life can go when you are waiting for someone. Everything planned changes and everything anticipated transforms. Sometimes time rotates faster than the leaves can change. 'A Hazy Shade of Winter' by Simon and Garfunkel Then, when it's too late, we're all guilty of wishing we had more of it. This iconic Pink Floyd song is about how we're all guilty of wasting time. Longing for that feeling when youвЂ™re older is the same disease every adult contracts. Then everything speeds by faster and faster. We can't get to where we are going fast enough until we realize how much we want the moment to last. When you play the game of love, suddenly she's gone. When you aren't looking, suddenly you are older. John Lennon and Paul McCartney's song is about the sudden appearance of time. It exists outside of us, yet we canвЂ™t escape it. Whether we experience that in the same way or a different one, we each appreciate it.

Songs about time are like poems about aging. ThereвЂ™s also a poetry to them, even when a song doesnвЂ™t rhyme. If we miss a place or a home, thereвЂ™s always a song that can take us there again. If we are missing someone, we play a song that reminds us of them so that we can be nearer to them. They are powerful enough to trigger emotions and memories. We listen to them when we need to re-experience a time, a place, or someone in our life. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. We also may earn commission from purchases made through affiliate links.

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