Lyric discussion by ohpioneer 

wow, excellent analyzation of the piece. i never thought. i would listen and think it was just a lullaby but then again i used to listen to this CD when i was 13. i totally agree with LittleBriddie on her interpretation of the song. excellent.

Yeah, I'm 14 and I thought the same until I recently became more interested in Paula Cole and decided to look up some of her songs. LittleBriddie is right, based on what I've seen just about everywhere that the meaning of this song is discussed. I probably could have guessed some of that from the lyrics, but I didn't really pay attention to what the lyrics were at all until my recent interest sprouted.

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