Slipping Through My Fingers
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Verse 1
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morningWaving goodbye with an absent-minded smileI watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadnessAnd I have to sit down for a whilePre-Chorus
The feeling that I'm losing her foreverAnd without really entering her worldI'm glad whenever I can share her laughterThat funny little girlChorus
Slipping through my fingers all the timeI try to capture every minuteThe feeling in itSlipping through my fingers all the timeDo I really see what's in her mind?Each time I think I'm close to knowingShe keeps on growingSlipping through my fingers all the timeVerse 2
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast tableBarely awake, I let precious time go byThen when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feelingAnd a sense of guilt I can't denyPre-Chorus
What happened to the wonderful adventuresThe places I had planned for us to go? (Slipping through my fingers all the time)Well, some of that we did, but most we didn'tAnd why, I just don't knowChorus
Slipping through my fingers all the timeI try to capture every minuteThe feeling in itSlipping through my fingers all the timeDo I really see what's in her mind?Each time I think I'm close to knowingShe keeps on growingSlipping through my fingers all the timeBridge
Sometimes, I wish that I could freeze the pictureAnd save it from the funny tricks of timeSlipping through my fingersOutro
Slipping through my fingers all the timeSchoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morningWaving goodbye with an absent-minded smileWhat the song means
A parent reflects on their daughter growing up too fast. Despite trying to capture every moment and understand her inner world, she keeps changing and moving forward. The song expresses the melancholy of lost time, missed adventures, and the inability to truly hold onto childhood, mixed with love and occasional guilt.
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absent-minded smile — a distracted, unfocused smile
the daughter waves goodbye without full awareness or presence in the moment
Song info
- Release date
- June 1981
- Album
- The Visitors
- Written by
- Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Produced by
- Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
