My interpretation may be influenced by the song's association with "Matilda", but I feel that the song is about wishing that you could talk to your past self and help 'you' through some of your tough times and 'send you on your way', particularly yourself as a child.
I see this due to lines like: "I would like to reach out my hand" and "I would like to hold my little hand", the hand doing the holding is normal sized, but the hand being held is 'little', both the holder and the one being held are the same person, hence I think it's the singer at to different points in his life, as a child and now.
He's saying whatever tough times we go through in life, things will always get brighter and if only our future selves could go back and tell us that when we feel sad, it would be so much easier to 'get on our way'. :)
@Enthused_punk Oh wow! Thank you for this perspective! I always thought the "hold my little hand" made zero sense but your insight has me listening to the song in a whole new way. Thanks so much!
@Enthused_punk Oh wow! Thank you for this perspective! I always thought the "hold my little hand" made zero sense but your insight has me listening to the song in a whole new way. Thanks so much!
My interpretation may be influenced by the song's association with "Matilda", but I feel that the song is about wishing that you could talk to your past self and help 'you' through some of your tough times and 'send you on your way', particularly yourself as a child.
I see this due to lines like: "I would like to reach out my hand" and "I would like to hold my little hand", the hand doing the holding is normal sized, but the hand being held is 'little', both the holder and the one being held are the same person, hence I think it's the singer at to different points in his life, as a child and now.
He's saying whatever tough times we go through in life, things will always get brighter and if only our future selves could go back and tell us that when we feel sad, it would be so much easier to 'get on our way'. :)
@Enthused_punk Oh wow! Thank you for this perspective! I always thought the "hold my little hand" made zero sense but your insight has me listening to the song in a whole new way. Thanks so much!
@Enthused_punk Oh wow! Thank you for this perspective! I always thought the "hold my little hand" made zero sense but your insight has me listening to the song in a whole new way. Thanks so much!
@Enthused_punk That's exactly how I interpretated it too. When they say: I want to hold my little my little hand
@Enthused_punk That's exactly how I interpretated it too. When they say: I want to hold my little my little hand