"Those were the days" is a song about life. Everyone one can remember their first love, their first kiss, even their first loss. This song revolves around the simplistic value of love and relationship. Sometimes love can be a scary thing. Sometimes you do things you would never have imagined doing. Love can take you places that you never thought you could go. "Those were the days" simply tells the story that every person will experience in their life when the find love.