When Hopes Ran High
When Hopes Ran High - meaning Summary
Nostalgia for Lost Innocence
A short nostalgic lyric recalling youthful optimism and faith in friends and the future. The speaker contrasts earlier days of song, certainty, and a sense of immortality with later disappointments and “bitter truths.” The poem addresses a companion—"you and me"—and frames the loss of innocence as a shared experience, turning remembered joy into a quiet, elegiac recognition of how hope fades with time.
Read Complete AnalysesWhen hopes ran high the world was young, We thought that we would never die, And glorious were the songs we sung In those grand days when hopes ran high. When hopes ran high the world was true We thought that friends could never lie There have been bitter truths for you And me, since days when hopes ran high.
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