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Heroes always have a goal or dream that they are pursuing. 7 years is a sad song about the journey of life. This man or maybe Lucas himself sings about what growing up and finding your way feels like. It's very much sung in a way that the boy reaches a goal only to have to set a new one, over and over again. He's told to go make friends, get a wife, have children... And then what? Then his children have to go through the same thing? And all he can think is "will they come to visit"? He says he "always had that dream like my daddy before me" so he started writing songs and writing stories too because he didn't want glory. He sings about how he only sees his goals and how he doesn't believe in failure, like Gatsby and
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Willy Loman. "We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming" Lucas sings about going into his thirties. At this point he's feeling like he needs to grow up pretty fast in order to follow the Dream. He continues to comment on how his now grown children are still roaming and searching for "glory". Finally, now that he's sixty years old he wonders, "will I think the world is cold / Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me", because now he's done with life and there's no goal left to pursue.
7 Years - Lucas Graham
Once I was seven years old my momma told me
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Once I was seven years old
It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger
Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker
By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me
Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely
Once I was eleven years old
I always had that dream like my daddy before me
So I started writing songs, I started writing stories
Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me
'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
Before the morning sun, when life was lonely
Once I was twenty years old
I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure
'Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major
I got my boys with me at least those in favor
And if we don't meet before I leave, I hope I'll see you later
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
I was writing about everything, I saw before me
Once I was twenty years old
Soon we'll be thirty years old, our songs have been sold
We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming
Soon we'll be thirty years old
I'm still learning about life
My woman brought children for me
So I can sing them all my songs
And I can tell them stories
Most of my boys are with me
Some are still out seeking glory
And some I had to leave behind
My brother I'm still sorry
Soon I'll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-one
Remember life and then your life becomes a better one
I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once
I hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Once I was seven years old, momma told me
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Once I was seven years old
Once I was seven years old