THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

The title of this song is THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY BY KENNY LOGGINS  

This is an analysis made by Zacchaeus Tierra 

for a homework on Research. 

-What do you think is the story behind the story in the song?

-      The story for me is about a love of a father to his son. The father was distant to his child it’s like the father have not seen him for years and the last time he saw the child is when it was a kid. The father is like an overseas worker or divorced to his wife. So the son had an anger to his father, he grew up with only a mother by his side. Now the father is asking for another chance to be with his son after those years that they are distant to each other. But the son can’t forgive him.

 -What could have been the explicit and implicit message of the composer?

-      The writer wanted to say that if he could to turn back time, he would never leave and stay for his son. We would do the right choice and rewrite his mistakes for sake of his love to his child.

-      The father also want to tell to his son that even with those years that they are distant he still loves his son and he misses him every day .

-How do you relate with the theme of the song?

-      I feel like I’m in the side of the son. In the past my father and I‘s relationship is not that close. We only talk like, “How are you?” and I always reply “I’m fine” and our conversation will end like that but I really want to say so much than that. He expects much from me but I can’t meet his expectations and that build a wall towards our relationship. But then i understood that he just want me to have a better future and he just want me to become a better person.

-Use any technique or theory to analyze the poetry of the lyrics. How creative and how critically minded the composer is?    

-      The instrumental’s pureness and the voice of the singer sang the song wonderful. So is it’s meaning, there is a story trying to implicit that makes the listeners to repeat it again. And there is this connection of the singer to his listener that is so emotional and everyone can feel.   

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