Cats In The Cradle Lyrics Meaning
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Cats in the cradle lyrics meaning. General comment and the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon little boy blue and the man on the moon basically the cats in the cradle is the son and the silver spoon is the father in the sense that the son is at home while the father is away making money to feed silver spoon and take care of the childs welfare. The phrase cat s in the cradle is a classic idiom. The little boy blue is the child that is sad because his father is away while the father is represented by the man on the moon the one far away who is unreachable idealized by the child who sees the father as his male role model. As the lyrics say the cats in the cradle the family is at home and the silver spoon which is a symbol of wealth the father has to earn.
Little boy blue and the man on the moon explains how far away they are.