ABBA - slipping through my fingers

노래는 아침에 학교 가는 딸을 바라보며 느끼는 부모의 복잡한 감정을 표현합니다
성장하는 아이를 보며 잃어가는 느낌과 그 속에서 느끼는 사랑, 웃음을 나누는 기쁨을 담고 있습니다
시간이 지나가는 것에 대한 아쉬움과 함께, 부모로서의 책임감과 죄책감도 전해집니다

Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind?
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny