To most of us it’s about the time passing and the innocent never lasting (which I always assumed is a similar idea to “why do the good people always go first”.).
That being said, if we stop joking about serious matters and just take everything seriously - whether it’s intended like that or not - we’re fucked.
No, I’d much rather someone completely misconstrued what I said, missed the point entirely and tried to take all the fun out of yet another array of jokes.
It’s about his dad dying, fwiw.
To most of us it’s about the time passing and the innocent never lasting (which I always assumed is a similar idea to “why do the good people always go first”.).
That being said, if we stop joking about serious matters and just take everything seriously - whether it’s intended like that or not - we’re fucked.
Would you like someone making jokes about your parents dying?
No, I’d much rather someone completely misconstrued what I said, missed the point entirely and tried to take all the fun out of yet another array of jokes.