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Originally posted by ChEEbA
Ok, aside from what the "meaning" may or may not have actually been, as a CHILD, before I ever considered anything other than the obvious side of the lyrical content, "Puff the magic Dragon", specifically the end made me kinda sad.
"A dragon lives forever,
But not little girls and boys.
Painted wings and giant rings
Make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened,
Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon,
He ceased his fearless roar.
His head now bent in sorrow,
Green scales fell like rain,
And Puff no longer went to play
Along that cheery lane.
Without his life-long friend,
He could not be brave,
So Puff that mighty dragon
Sadly slipped into his cave"
- Kinda suckful ending for a cool song...I remember thinking about it a bit as a young child, maybe 4 or 5, and to me, apart from the sad end to the story, about as "deep" as it got was me thinking it was just about the death of stuff being special...it was kinda depressing.
Nowdays, nothing...I'll pick up sadness IN songs, but I am not longer saddened by anything musical
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you should see some of the kids books we end up with ...
they make you want to bawl while you're reading them to your kid ..
one in particular called 'i'll love you forever'
another one called 'the giving tree'
and yeah .. they are all about loss.