Well it seemed to me as a song about parental love...great, obsessive, (over)protective love for a child, which sounds more and more ominous as the song progresses. "There never need be longing in your eyes
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine" - that might sound sweet, but on the other hand it might sound overbearing and suffocating. It might be about child abuse, but then again it might not be about direct abuse. Still, parental love can be dangerous if the parent is too possessive of a child.
Well it seemed to me as a song about parental love...great, obsessive, (over)protective love for a child, which sounds more and more ominous as the song progresses. "There never need be longing in your eyes As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine" - that might sound sweet, but on the other hand it might sound overbearing and suffocating. It might be about child abuse, but then again it might not be about direct abuse. Still, parental love can be dangerous if the parent is too possessive of a child.