Billy Joel: I've Loved These Days Meaning
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I've Loved These Days Lyrics
And spend our nights so bon vivant.
We dress our days in silken robes,
The money comes, the money goes ...
We know it's all a passing phase.
We light our lamps for atmosphere,
And hang our hopes on...
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the impending loss of the life style that you have lived. The last hours before things will change indefinitely.
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The song is about the static existance of the upper class. They spend a lot of time on distraction and pleasure, but paradoxically never live life to the fullest. They hide deeper human issues by indulging themselves to forget. The protagonist senses this, but is too addicted to the lifestyle to ever do anything else ("So before we end (and then begin"), an endless cycle of avoidance.
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