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He's not trying to portray himself as anything. It's her that sees something in him that he doesn't see in himself and he is trying to live up to those expectations but doesn't think he can. Maybe ironically because he sees this and is actually trying maybe he is the man she sees and he just doesn't realize it ?

My take has always been that he can't live up to her image of him, not that he is portraying himself as something other than what he really is.

Delp's voice + Scholtz's guitar=timeless. That organ at the end caps it off.

This is one of their best songs that hardly ever gets heard, so really happy to see you are the very first ever to do a reaction to it that I'm aware of. Well done for picking such an amazing song!

He's saying the woman he's singing to sees him on a pedestal. A vision of a man he can't possibly be and he's trying so hard to meet her expectations because he loves her and wants to be with her, but it gets harder and harder to do. That's what he meant by "And it gets harder everyday for me, to hide behind this dream YOU see, a man i'll never be." This song has always touched me, even as a kid, but I actually lived through something similar and when I did, it became painfully more relevant.

Well I think that way the song was originally written was about a man who had someone in his life who saw him in a way that he wasn't. He wasn't trying to portray himself that way but she had him on a pedestal and he was trying to live up to that but it just was getting to be too much. On the other hand I think Brad Delp who is or was the lead singer of the band Boston has an incredible voice, he portrays emotion just so well and I think this was his way of crying out. He suffered from depression all of his life or at least all over his adult life but I think all of his life and he did end up committing suicide in March of 2007. The note he left behind said something to the effect that he was a very lonely soul. It breaks my heart to know that and I love this song from the very first time I heard it when I was in college which was way way before he committed suicide. This has always been one of my all time favorite songs and is completely underrated and I truly do think that he was trying to tell the world something but he kept trying he kept trying to hang on and he just couldn't do it anymore. He afixated himself by making a contraption in the bathroom of his home. So incredibly sad and he is terribly missed because he was extremely talented and from what everyone has said that he was the nicest nicest guy but obviously in a lot of emotional pain.😪 Thank you for reacting to this India.

Mastermind MIT engineer Scholtz and unmistakable voice of Delp were unstoppable in creating the Boston sound. Been listening since I was a teen.

This is such an amazing song. Kind of sad that it doesn't get nearly as much love as their other great songs like "More Than A Feeling" and "Foreplay/Long Time". RIP Brad Delp!

What kind of idiot 'dislikes' this beautiful song? It is a masterpiece of musical perfection and harmony, one of the band's best songs - just lovely !!!

Yours is such an interesting interpretation...as a male i always took it as him feeling unworthy of the love and adulation she felt towards him, with his intense feelings for her compounding his fears...he didnt want to fail her. One of my favorites since i was in jr high and the album came out. ✌

It's his way of saying "I'll never be good enough for this woman I love."

I think she looks at him with such admiration and love and he feels he doesn't deserve it. He wants to be so much for her, but doesn't feel he can be better or what she deserves. Love this song and will always love Boston.

Wow, is this Boston's most powerful and meaningful song? How many men (and women) can relate to being in a relationship with someone who has expectations you can't live up to, but you don't want to let go at the same time. "Cry a little longer and hold a little tighter". He's really trying here.

"Emotions can't be satisfied" Incredible lyric

she has him built up in her mind, and he can't meet her expectations. He will never be the man she wants him to be

One of Boston's best.

This song just drips with bitter emotion. The guitars sound like a four string quartet, each note so purposeful , poised and planned. The pain is reflected in both instrument and voice behind lyrics that tell the story, followed by a guitar solo that loses it's melancholy composure , breaking down into a frantic crying. The song gathers it's broken heart, softly saying goodbye Tom is a musical/mathematical genius, putting emotion and math together as only brilliant savant can.

Brad Delp pouring his heart out in this one! RIP amazing talent.

This is every man you've ever known. This is me and my wife of 40 years, been through everything together, 3 kids, grandkids, cars, houses, sex, arguments, everything, both good and bad. No matter how hard I try, no matter what I provide, it is never what I think she deserves, she is my world. And why I always reach and strive for more, because she deserves it. If I can make it happen to elevate her world, will put in the work. But I will never feel I've done enough, worked hard enough, pushed enough. I know when I've slacked off, stepped back, took it easy, and it weighs on me. And every man out there knows that same feeling, we are the providers, and we carry that guilt. That is what this song is about.

Boston, never a bad song. All of their albums were great

One of the greatest songs of all time. The guitar work is phenomenal 🎸

Takes me back to high school. So many great bands in the 70's 80's. Love your analysis

Damn.. This one got me.. Brought me back to being a young boy watching my dad play this as we all sang along. Hard to believe hes been gone 7yrs already. Wish I would have been the man he wanted me to be.

I think this may be one of the most "perfect" songs in existence. The melody, structure, lyrics, everything. It's hands down one of my favorite songs of all time. Great reaction video!

My favorite Boston song. For obvious reasons. Thank you

Incredible song, incredible voice! Great review!!!

Brad delp was the vocalist, sadly he took his own life, and this song is haunting.... I see it as a man feeling inadequate, in some ways it can be attributed to depression, low self esteem. The masterful playing by tom Schulz adds the emotion . This was always a hauntingly beautiful song, one that as a vocalist myself grew up on, thankyou for your reactions, I love your eclectic choices, and appreciate your insight.

My take on it is that she sees more in him than he sees in himself. Brad Delp committed suicide in part because he had higher expectations of himself than he felt he was achieving, including in his personal life. So much real, raw emotion in his voice. The music just adds to the powerful emotions to this song. I cry everytime I listen to it.

Brad Delp (unbelievable voice) suffered from depression. In mid life he took his own life. Hard to understand, with such beauty in his vocals. Maybe this was reflected in this song.

She wants him to be something he's not. "I'm not the man you believe I am". "Somewhere in your mind you still see, a man I'll never be". I can't pretend to be that guy you want.

I always took him as saying "You're not seeing me as I really am. And I don't want to hurt you but I also don't want to lead you on thinking I'm who you've been waiting for" . I've been wirh someone that wanted me for what they THOUGHT I was or would be. It's easy for me to relate to this song.

U just heard a power ballet from the most underrated band af all time.they were sooooo great. Peace all

This song has it all its one of Boston's best for sure!

This is one of those songs that punches you in the gut. Brad struggled a long time before committing suicide. I read he was one of the nicest people on the planet but I think he always felt like he was A man he’ll never be. Tom’s guitar solo is my favorite!

You are missing it entirely. Because of her highexpectations that may be unreasonable no matter what he does no matter how hard he tries he'll never be the man that she sees thus the man he'll never be

What a gorgeous song! Total perfection. Brad Delp's voice, just like an angel, and those guitars by Tom Scholz, and Barry Goudreau.!!

This song is an epic recorded masterpiece its perfect in every way done by a great band love Boston!!

My favorite song by my favorite childhood band.

So much emotion in this song.

Such a good song

Boston is my feel good music. Thank you for reacting to this one.

My sweet Jesus, amazing vocals, and amazing guitars. That's Boston for you.

Brad Delp is the most amazing singer I ever heard and the most underrated artist. Boston is a timeless Band and deserves to be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s so sad. 😢❤ RIP Brad Delp.

To tell a good story, then put music to it is such a gift

I always felt like he was saying that he would never be able to live up to her expectations.

Best Boston song ever.

It's always Boston delivers always and if this song is about that he didn't think you'd be good enough for her have a blessed day

I sang this with my band back in 1982. Hard song to sing but worth it. Sometimes singing this I would choke up. My favorite ballad ever, great band!!

Beautiful song

Boston's best song.

He cant live up to the impossible expectations of the one he loves.

Musical composition far exceeds and yet amplifies the lyrics. Brad Delp, RIP. Brother.

Top notch...period. They were legends.Maybe their most underrated song.

My take has always been that she has a certain view of him and he just doesn't think he can live up to that. This of course saddens him no end and this is his way of trying to explain those feelings. He's doing everything he can but he doesn't think it will ever be enough, he wants to be that man but just doesn't see it happening.

That guitar solo...wow

The pick slide kicks it up a notch

I cried to this song every morning on the way to work i would play the CD....i couldnt please this woman i was with for 10 years.....i had to always supply drugs and alcohol and i kept climbing trees for 5 years until one day i had an accident and fell 50 ft.....she never even came to the hospital....its

Yeah...the song is actually that she built him up in her mind to be more then he is...and he's been killing himself to try to live up to her expectations but he doesn't think he'll ever be able to. He is trying like hell but never actually being able to do it...he's afraid she'll leave because he can't.... ;)

One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS!

Love this song

My favorite singer!!! RIP Brad

Rock is the opposite of rap. It's all about the music.I've listened to this song thousands of times without worrying about his mopey message. Often songs are written vague on purpose so it can seem to apply to the life situation of many different people and you can let it mean what you want it to mean. This song is about an amazing acoustic guitar part layered behind two electric guitars with soaring tone, great rhythm section, one of the best keyboard sounds in history and amazing high harmonies.

Definitely one of my most favorite Boston songs!!!

She has him on a pedestal that he doesn't feel he is deserving to be there..

Beautiful...

That’s real emotion.

One of my favorites, but most people are overlooking the fact that Tom wrote the lyrics. Rip Brad

They found a way to expand one’s emotions every time.And that beautiful voice with those behind him.

This is an epic song..Masterful in every way.

It's as simple as this,his girl wants him to be something that he's not. He trys,but he knows that he'll never change who he is....Lord knows I can't change ....

This was a big hit in the 70s! I still got this album!😳yikes im old!

This song takes on added meaning when you consider Brad Delp's suicide note: "Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. [I am a lonely soul]"

My fave song from them

this song makes me sad as a Boston fan. the singer killed himself a few years back and I think of him whenever I hear this song.

This was the singers cry for help. Bradley Delp was deeply in love with a woman that fame kept him away from. He could not bring himself to destroy BOSTON by quitting and could not bear being away from her. It got so bad that after this album he went into a deep depression because it cost him his true love. She moved on and he killed himself. All the money and fame was worth nothing compared to the loss of his true love. So the next time someone wants fame, just remember it will cost you alot! If money and fame is all you want then go for it. For Bradley it was an unexpected fame that tore his life apart. There is no disaster like success when your not ready for it!!!

one of my favorite songs...thanks India...

My second favorite Boston song. More Than a Feeling First.

Just a great song from a frickin great band.yep.your reviews are refreshing.

The pain of being unable to meet the expectations of someone you deeply care about.

My favorite song in my lifetime

RIP Brad, you left us this cry for help. Mental Health now...

Beautiful rock ballad that hits hard laced with some of the best melancholy guitar parts . Oh wow. It too close to real life in the end.

This song was sung to his mother whose expectations he could never meet

Seems like Brad was writing about his own life and struggles. A theraputuc song if you may. We've all been there. In every capacity. We don't feel worthy. Truly a trajedy on March 9th, 2007. He left a note in French. It said "I'm a lonely soul"

No dear... He sees himself as unworthy.... She sees him a hanging the moon and stars.... And he feels he can never be the man that her minds sees

No I don't agree, I think that he feels 'she' has a image of a 'Knight in shining white armour' of the type of guy she wants, and he knows he is never going to pull that roll off forever. He struggling at the moment, but he can't keep it up. Her expectations are too high.

He's a rock star. Something maybe he feels he can't live up to.

It speaks loudly about things most guys don't want to admit...that they have weaknesses and insecurities that they don't want the woman they love to know...because they are afraid they will lose her. I learned from watching my parents not to hide those insecurities...as they were very open about everything. My mom and dad were very open in front of us....they expressed their love for each other and the five of us that they loved us unconditionally.

It was straight from Brad, not being able to live up to the expectations no matter how hard he tries...."I can't get any stronger, and I can't climb any higher, you'll never know how hard I've tried..."..."and somewhere in your mind you see, a man I'll never be..."

Best band ever.great band

A song that literally gets better every time I hear it, easily top five rock ballads of all time!

REO SPEEDWAGON...Golden Country..REACTION Its a social conscience song. Holds the test of time.

In my top 5 bands ever, so many good songs.

I took this song to mean that she has elevated expectations of him and he is coming to the realization that he will never be able to meet her expectations.

It’s their best song.. If I was trapped on an island.. it’s the only song needed..

mitici Boston grandi veramente.

Yes he will never live up to her expectations

My take on this song has always been that he is tormented by existing in the shadow of what his girl thinks he is, and even though he tries as best he can, he knows he will never be. I don't think he portrayed himself as anything other than what he actually is, his girl made her own image of him.

She has him on a pedestal and he can't be that idol.