Pete Seeger' song
In the lyrics of WHERE HAVE ALL FLOWERS GONE, Pete Seeger say "...long time passing" and "long time ago".
What's the difference between these two expressions?
I don´t understand what they mean
Thank's in advance.
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Thank very much Marc. Now, I understand the difference.
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Song lyrics are always open to personal interpretation, but I feel like "long time passing" is a poetic way of saying "so many years have gone by and continue to go by" while "long time ago" refers specifically to the distant past.
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