Take this song at face value. It's just a song about a guy remembering how magical, safe, and secure he felt as a child when his mother read him fairy tales. Syd did not write allegorical lyrics. His lyrical style was simple stream of consciousness and only rarely did he delve into symbolism and never allegory.
Syd wrote about whatever was on his mind at the moment in his lyrics. When Syd wrote while he was on acid you get gobbledegook lyrics like in the song Octopus. There is no deeper meaning to these songs other than the stream of consiousness Syd had at that particular point in time, its meaning probably lost even to Syd as the memory of the trip faded. Other more coherent songs like Matilda Mother and Lucifer Sam are what they are, a rememberance of childhood and a song about his cat.
Take this song at face value. It's just a song about a guy remembering how magical, safe, and secure he felt as a child when his mother read him fairy tales. Syd did not write allegorical lyrics. His lyrical style was simple stream of consciousness and only rarely did he delve into symbolism and never allegory.
Syd wrote about whatever was on his mind at the moment in his lyrics. When Syd wrote while he was on acid you get gobbledegook lyrics like in the song Octopus. There is no deeper meaning to these songs other than the stream of consiousness Syd had at that particular point in time, its meaning probably lost even to Syd as the memory of the trip faded. Other more coherent songs like Matilda Mother and Lucifer Sam are what they are, a rememberance of childhood and a song about his cat.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar folks.