In the 90's we couldnt wait to grow up... now we are older and in our 30's and 40's we just want those times back.

This song came out when I was just a freshman at life. Damn, it goes by fast. Live it up young one’s. It will fly by. You’ll look back at 40 and wonder where 20 years went. I still feel like a kid, but I’m not. Peace & love to you all. 💛

Born in 85. This song brings me back to all the great times in the 90s. The last generation of kids who got to connect as kids without the distraction of social media.

At 52, this brings back a flood of memories. Call your mom, tell you dad you appreciate him. Forgive your kids for their mistakes and always keep the door open to them. When the days are gone, you don’t get them back. Same with people. When they are gone… only the memories remain. I don’t want to go back now. Not too much further to go so I have a lot to look forward to! Can’t wait to discover the answers to every question. Love yourself more. Do more. Be happy just because. It’s all worth it.

"I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you've left them." Andy Bernard

Makes me want to cry every time I think back to being a kid in the 90's. It was amazing. Now I'm 35 and life sucks.

I am an 80s baby. This song reminds me of when I was 16 yrs old and pregnant. He ran and I decided to step up and keep my son. He's the best thing that has ever happened to me.

I Was a Freshman in 1973…. No Matter Your Age… this Song ❤️ … Crosses Generations

We don’t search for old songs… we search for old memories.

I'm 35 and still SCREAM this song while driving alone!!!! I miss the good days of my teens and early 20s. The future scares me. This song brings me so many emotions but in the most amazing way!!!

Born in 80.. anyone else want to just go back? Dm me if you are like minded. These kind of friends are few and far between. Long live the 80s and early 90's.

My mom used to say "one day you'll wake up and 20 years have gone by." I understand now what she meant. The nostalgia hits hard for the 90's with this one.

My niece asked me if I felt bad when I turned 41 in December. I said, "No, honey, I feel great. I wouldn't go back a change a thing." I can't imagine growing up in the world we live in now. I'm so blessed I got to experience my formative years without to much internet, social media addiction and social turmoil.

“For the life of me, I can not remember what made us think we were wise…..” this song is even more meaningful and telling now that I am in my 40s. TIMELESS

Best friend wrote these lyrics in our freshman yearbook, sadly she passed away the next year from a cardiac episode during crew practice. I'll never forget that day. Over 20 years later. RIP Danica Canfield.

There was a decade, sandwiched between the end of the cold war and the start of the post 9/11 world. A decade of great music, hope for the future, and genuine human connections. We saw the birth of some amazing new technology, but it didn't control us yet. It wasn't perfect, but it was damn near close. Ladies and gentlemen that decade was the 90's.

Sitting here at work, 40 years old. reminiscing about my teens and early 20's. I personally think coming of age in the 90's was an experience unlike any other decade, and Im so glad i had the chance to live in a time when you could just disconnect and truly relax. 80's babies RULE!!!!!

It's amazing how a song can just take you back to a certain time and place.

Hearing this song again takes me back to when money didn’t matter, every day was spent with friends and the future looked so bright and 21 seemed so far away.. now at 37.. my teenage years feel farther than my debts and death

If you did not live in the 90's you just don't know......it was a time with JUST ENOUGH technology---but not to much . There was a vibe, and people were more social and compassionate. Every weekend---gathering at a friend's apartment and meeting new people around a bottle of wine and maybe smoking a little in a small college town. Seeing your future wife for the first time and talking about music and laughing with everyone. It makes me tear up----it was such a special time in history.....before people were obsessed with social media. Of course we had the internet, but NO ONE wanted to be stuck in front of a computer on Friday night. It is bittersweet to go back there in my mind----feels like if I stay to long I might cry.....

To all those reading this. I hope you are doing great. Everything that has ever happened in your life has led you to this moment. You made it.

I'm pushing 40 and this song came back into my life. I've learned that life is a mad scramble and nothing like I thought it would be.. I miss those years

1996- I was 15. Memories of: Taking the city bus to school, my CD Walkman (with extra Base),the movie Scream, playing Super Mario 64, and eating Pop Tarts. Good times!

To grow up in the 90s was a fucking honor to look back on and think that was "our" time/music. Timeless song.

This song makes me wish it was the 90’s again. Man, life was so simple.

Im 43, missing those days.. listening to good music with good friends.. good memories... Thank you Mom for bringing me to this world last 1980, i had the chance to encounter and listen to these timeless music. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY....

September 1971. She behaved badly. I said something terrible. Over the years, we tried many times to repair the relationship. But, we had both been hurt too profoundly. Over nothing. Just a double misunderstanding. Humpty Dumpty could not be put back together. 50+ years later the pain is still acute, active, alive. The memory of physical pain fades. Memories of emotional pain don't. Unbelievable how things which happen to us when we are young can affect all the rest of our lives. We were only children.

I was a kid in the 70s, teen in the 80s, college in the 90s. I thought it was only going to get better after the 90s. Boy, was I wrong. 90s was the last great decade.

Who else is having flashbacks while listening? ❤️

I'm 18 and I found this song on tiktok. Love the vibe to it. Wish I grew up back in the 90s so I wouldn't have to deal with all this negativity today. Social media, everything. Must've been nice to have an actual conversation with someone without them staring at their phone the whole time you're talking to them

That music... That voice... Those memories... Got emotional... Love this song then and now... 🤎❤️🤍❤️🤎

My parents wouldn't let me listen to popular music at home (other than country) and I remember hearing this song on the radio when I bought my first car in 2003. At the time I had just gotten a full ride to college and life was great so this song didn't mean much to me. I thought that I knew everything and that I would never have to pay for my mistakes. I would lose the scholarship during my freshman year of college and I would marry my first husband at 19. I thought that I was right when I stormed out of my parent's house to elope with my ex. I paid a big price for my mistakes back then. I got my life straight and I'm starting my Ph.D. in September. Nearly 20 years later this song still hits the feels in me.

The 1990's was the absolute pinnacle of hope, culture, and actual human connection across all platforms. It was perfect.

My dad told me the day I turned 21 years old. Enjoy those 20s because life goes by so fast. If only he was alive to tell him how much I really needed him and he was so right.

Being in my mid 40s now. This song hits different.. I miss the 80s and 90s and the friends I had then.

The 90's were an absolutely amazing decade. I had a blast in the 90's, oh what a time to be alive and oh how short this life is.

Listening in 2022 as a 46 year old...still hits. Just something about this song.

I'll be listening to this song for the next 40 years. Absolutely beautiful

An absolute honor to have come of age in the 90s. These songs bring me back.

Since my wife passed, I continue to come back to this song over and over again.

It’s sad reading these comments.. makes you realize how sad we all really are and how bad we want to go back in time. 😞

90's were the best of times!! Great era!!

Who feels the 90s and the first years of 2000s like the best years ever in this earth, the vibes of those years won’t never reappear..😪

I loved being a teen through the 90's. I was a loner with no direction, but this music was the perfect escape.

This was a song that I played repeatedly when it came out….back when CDs were the new way to collect and play music. I mostly played this while driving to nowhere ❤

2023 and I am now 39 years old... I still listen to this song like it's the first time..... I will always love this and will share with my 2 daughters... ❤❤❤

One of the greatest songs ever.

This wasnt supposed to be how my life went. Im still here though. Miss so much. Im 40 and these songs still make me get in my feels.

The Freshmen Lyrics [Verse 1] When I was young, I knew everything And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin', with my head on the floor Stopped a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no [Pre-Chorus] Can't be held responsible 'Cause was touching her face I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place [Chorus] For the life of me, I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise For the life of me, I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen [Verse 2] My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbin', with his head on the floor Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he said [Pre-Chorus] "Can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touching her face I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place" [Chorus] For the life of me, I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise For the life of me, I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen [Post-Chorus] Hey-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Hey-yeah Hey-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse 3] We tried to wash our hands of all of this We'd never talk of our lacking relationships And how we're guilt-stricken, sobbin', with our heads on the floor We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say [Pre-Chorus] "Can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touching her face And I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place" [Chorus] For the life of me, I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise For the life of me, I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen For the life of me, I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise For the life of me, I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen [Outro] We were merely freshmen We were only freshmen

Where are my older Millennials? 90s kid. Cell phones got popular my Jr year of HS. The last FREE generation. Love the memories and this song. Life is to short, enjoy friends!!!!

Remember when you were a freshman and knew exactly how the rest of your life was about to pan out? Yeah didn’t happen that way did it?

Christ, I'm literally crying right now. It's been so long since I've listened to this song.

I just turned 37yrs old yesterday. Heard this song omw to work and made me happy and sad. Damn life goes by fast. Keep your heads up.

Favorite song of all time. Transports me back to the 90s every single time

Something about this song....maybe the sense of lost innocence. Who can’t identify with that.

Man, on a 90's early 00's binge and i miss these days!! My mom was right, time flies by, enjoy it while it lasts.

the past is a postcard we didn’t know we sent ourselves. cherish it but don’t regret anything, we’re all meandering and doing the best we can. face today the way you’d want that next postcard to turn out. love this song

The nostalgia this song holds stays unmatched. I wish my adolescence hadn't gone by so fast.

Was the favorite song of my first real girlfriend... she committed suicide a few years after we broke up. Still takes me back to those exciting months, windows down in her car cruising in southern Michigan . I give thanks for our time together - bittersweet as is life.

A true 90s treasure. People don't write music like this anymore.

I am a 57 year old and landed in the hospital at 37 with a brain injury. God granted me a wonderful wife and two beautiful kids. I’m grateful for every day.

So we are all just here 35 and above , crying and thinking back to our teenage years , wishing we could hug them and tell them it will be ok , enjoy this time … these are the years that will mold you …. Thanks Tik Tok

Born in 80; had the best seats in the 90s. These records are like tiny time machines that can shake the cement off of you and bring you straight back just for a few moments. you can still feel the vibe in the air on some days when you listen to good music like this. You find the energy in the area around you forgot about and it nourishes you. Props to those times and the old days

This kind of music was the shit. Im 37 now and this is what I search now

I remember this song growing up in Arkansas we didn’t have much but we were happy, now I’m 31 and this song really means something else now to me. We were so innocent unaware of the hell we’d grow up and face.

Was born in 1979. So I had the best of all of it. But I will always be stuck in the 90's. Was a very special time for so many of us. Smashing pumpkins was my favorite band of all time. But I remember all the other great bands also.

I was 20 in 1995. I would never trade the amazing music scene and pop culture of the eighties and nineties that I was so privileged to live through as a kid and teen through my twenties. It was just such an amazing time that I cherish dearly.

This song is TIMELESS

As a freshman who’s going through all of the comments of people born in the 80s/90s somehow makes me feel nostalgic for a time that I wasn’t alive in 😅 I have I feeling that I’ll be going back to this song in my 30s and looking back, despite this song being before my time. One of my favorite songs.

In the 90’s we thought everything was gonna be like the 90’s.

Literally in tears, I want the good days back. I just want to feel like I'm living again, times we're so much more simple back then. This music is a reflection of a whole generation.

Timeless classic. Makes me feel at home.

This song will "NEVER EVER" get TOOOOOO old!!! I still sing n move my head like day 1! Always have a place in my heart!!❤️

I remembered my High School days while listening to this song😢 2 months before 2020, who still remember this song?

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is unknown. Today is a gift. Life is short, play hard.

I was a freshman when this song came out. Now 41 and still love this song

I'm 66 years old, when I listen to this song, it still brings a tear to my eye.😥 I want that happy time back.🥴

Grew up to my dad listening and singing this song all the time. He's been gone almost 3 yrs and it always makes me miss the good days of music listening with him.

Wonder why they stopped making music like this...it’s so deep and meaningful :’(

This song makes me ACHE for the 90's like no other! ❤

This song came out when I was actually a freshman in high school. Loved it then, love it now. 😌 I’m glad to share this time in the world with you people, as crazy as it can get sometimes these days.

Remember listening to this song during the cold mornings in high school waiting for my truck to warm up. Class of 1997

I was born in '81 and this song came out when I was a freshman in high school. Hard to believe how long ago that was now and how much simpler life was then - time flies, so make the most of every day and appreciate the people in your life!

Hearing this song takes me back to highschool. It feels so close but yet so far away. R.I.P to all the friends we've lost over the years. I never could have imagined how the unfolding of these years would turn out. I wouldn't say it's a surprise but more of a slap. In the end love doesn't last forever, fairytales only exist in the realm of imagination, friends are momentary, & life doesn't owe us anything. It's just a ride and were watching the scenery.

When I was riding with my friends listening to this at 15 40 seemed so far away Now at 42 15 was a lifetime ago. Praise God I made it a lot of those friends didn't.

I wish I could go back to the 90,s we're the best

The post grunge era of 95 to 97 had some haunting beautiful songs like this. I was a teen & I swear one day in my whole life in the summer of 97 I literally said to myself " this is the best time of my life & I'll never get it back " being a teen falling in love in the summer is just so innocent & brand new u just cant redo it or get it back. These songs are like a nostalgic knife in the heart. My first child being born was amazing but my life of my own was over in a sense it's been all about him & my family. I wish I knew why in 97 before hs ended we were all in such a rush to grow up. Youth only lasts such a short precious time I wish I knew I had the rest of my life to be an adult.

I'm in my 40's now, thank goodness for the songs in 90's era. I can have a time going back on memories when I was still a kid listening to this. and this is magic... (inhales) Thank you Lord

This song still gives me chills

I was 10 years old when was came out in 97. Now I'm 34. I feel like music is the closest thing we have to actually "feel" our past again. I get goosebumps when I listen to this and it brings back those feelings of adolescence, imagination, excitement, enjoyment, friendships, school crushes, memories of the things that used to matter to us as youth... oh the good ol days.

the nineties man how I miss those times. life blows balls now. music wise. socially. psychologically. everything blows now

Reading through some of these comments of 90's nostalgia does indeed point out how special it was, but what is left unsaid more than anything is that for the most part we still didn't enjoy it till after the fact. Back then we though the future was only going to be brighter. I wonder if 25 years from now the 40+ year olds will be pining about how much better things were in the 20's as opposed to whatever nascent hellscape the world is thrusting upon us then. someone in the future, reply and let us know when you read this.

This song is so deep. It really gets your memory going about the 90’s so nostalgic I loved it then I love it now. Great song.

I can listen to this song, and every time it brings me to tears. special How when we're young, we fail to realize how are actions will affect our lives forever.

I was a freshman in 1998. Getting together with your friends at lunch time in the cafeteria, laughing, joking and talking about your crushes. These memories are truly priceless.

This song had always stuck with me because a friend of mine and I used to use this as the theme song to our Freshman year back in 1999 around the peak of this song. What a time to be alive! I'll always remember.. I just wish time could reverse. 😢 Memories don't have shit on actually living through an experience. Time is ever changing and it just depresses me more with every passing day, and year. *I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins* -that line hits hard now that life has taken its toll. The loss maybe so,e of us have suffered as adults, and we grew up feeling the pain that we never thought we'd have to feel as kids. Our innocence was in tact, our splendor for life and all it had to offer... only to realize the truth of reality as we age.

My favorite radio station just played this today, June 23, 2023…great music has a way of sticking around. Thank you DJ Mark! 😊❤

My wife and I have now been together longer than we were alive without each other...

This song came out when I was a freshman in high school. I found out I was pregnant. I raised my son who is now an adult. He is awesome ❤ This song takes me back.

This came out back when I didn't have to worry about things like money, career, romance, family, etc., and my future was open to all possibilities. Optimism and hope came effortlessly. Even though I was naive and dumb in some ways, I was happiest back then. I guess ignorance can truly be bliss. When I reflect on all that I've learned and experienced, the truth is that, for many, if not most of us, the best of life was when we were younger, and the future is bleak in comparison. The possibilities are less and less, body is aging, and the truth finally sets in that some things you'd hoped for in life will never come. So, I'm grateful when a song such as this can take me back--even if momentarily--to a time when life was simpler and the future seemed bright.