Cats In The Cradle Lyrics Meaning

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Cats in the cradle lyrics meaning. The other lyrics make sense. Invest in every moment. Whats more you arent likely to be able to figure out that meaning through deduction.

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. Cats in the Cradle. The phrase the cats in the cradle appears to be a reference to the childrens game where shapes are created with string.

The phrase cats in the cradle is a classic idiom. Writen by Harry Chapins wife Sandy long before their son was. Man in the moon-.

The little boy blue is the child that is sad because his father is away while the father is represented by the man on the moon - the one far away who is unreachable idealized by the child who sees the father as his male role. 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. The chorus begins with The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon a catchy but mysterious couplet in a song that is otherwise very straightforward.

The repetitions of the cats in the cradle indicate the child is at home alone - and the silver spoon which is a symbol of wealth the father has to earn. Cats Cradle is a game played with string Silver Spoons are ornamental spoons for babies and Little Boy Blue is a nursery rhyme. 2 Origin of Cats in the Cradle.

Basically the cats in the cradle is the son and the silver spoon is the father in the sense that the son is at home while the father is away making money to feed silver spoon and take care of the childs welfare. 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. What you have strove for all your life can become too much to bear at the end of the day.