Songs about growing up to fast free#

Songs about growing up to fast free#

You were trying to free your fingers from my hand/

We have a feeling these are the lyrics that will send you over the edge: If you still aren't convinced in this song's five-tissue power, just try to listen through the first 30 seconds without welling up. If you've ever looked at your child running across a field, or striding across a graduation stage, or walking down the middle aisle of a church clutching a bouquet, you'll know why this song is special to me. Trying to celebrate the growth and the milestones of my children, and then secretly daydreaming about building a time machine in my garage, so I can return to rocking my babies at midnight. I don't know of a more uttered or whispered phrase from a mother of any age, about her child of any age, than ' It's going by too fast.' I feel like I spend my life trying to slow time. well, you get the idea.Įven her inspiration for this bittersweet parenthood anthem, which she shared on Facebook, had us in tears: Nichole Nordeman, a Christian singer-songwriter, is single-handedly causing a run on Kleenex with her latest song, 'Slow Down,' which asks our collective kids to do just that - all while home-video clips from dozens of different families show how babies soon become toddlers who soon become teens who. So watching a music video about that inevitability might be altogether too much for any sentimental parent to handle. That’s the underlying message of this song. You might wonder if it’s disillusionment, or you’re just getting older. Just thinking about watching our children grow up - and how it happens too quickly - makes our eyes well up with tears. Just Getting Older by Oasis Am I cracking up / Or just getting older Most of us have those bittersweet moments when we realise that life is starting to feel different.