Cats In The Cradle Lyrics Meaning

The commercial song is Cats in the Cradle by Joseph Angel Pulse Music.

Cats in the cradle lyrics meaning. And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon little boy blue and the man on the moon refers to growing up i. Our children reflect and echo uncannily our fathers successes and failures. Man In The Moon could be about the human features children see when they look at the moon.

Not long after his sons birth the father is repeatedly unable to spend time with him due to his job despite his son looking up to him and saying he will grow up to be just like his father. Invest in every moment. Without knowing the context of how it was used in the tv show its hard to know whether they were simply referring to the song or if they intended meaning from the Fairy Tale the song is I believe referring to.

Cats in the cradle lyrics. The other lyrics make sense. I think the idea is the father is somewhat absent and my boy was just like me is the father realizing his son was just like him caught up in the busy life style and missing out on the important things in life.

Harry Chapin included various symbols of childhood in the lyrics as reminders of how quickly it ends. Silver spoon is commonly associated with wealth and privilege while Little boy blue and the man on the moon brings nursery rhymes to mind. And when he has children of his.

The phrase cats in the cradle is a line from a popular song that people sometimes quote to reference the song itself or the theme of fatherhood or the theme of not having enough time to spend on a relationship. Cats Cradle is a game played with string Silver Spoons are ornamental spoons for babies and Little Boy Blue is a nursery rhyme. Little boy blue and the man on the moon.

Ill be home in ten and well get together then. 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. Whats more you arent likely to be able to figure out that meaning through deduction.