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. What is the origin of the phrase Cats in the Cradle. Cats in the Cradle Personally I feel like this song doesnt convey the point I think it was supposed to. What you have strove for all your life can become too much to bear at the end of the day.

And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon. Is a nursery rhyme. Little boy blue and the man on the moon.

Invest in every moment. The line The Cats in the Cradle was to my mind a reference to The Cats and the Cradle a Dutch Fairy tale. The phrase cats in the cradle is a classic idiom.

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. When you comin home Dad. Man In The Moon could be about the human features children see when they look at the moon.

Cats Cradle is a game played with string Silver Spoons are ornamental spoons for babies and Little Boy Blue is a nursery rhyme. The phrase the cats in the cradle appears to be a reference to the childrens game where shapes are created with string. 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 model.

Writen by Harry Chapins wife Sandy long before their son was. Cats in the Cradle. 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.