I think its about Kris's Mom or mother-figure like person....he was writing it as he was looking back at their relationship together but slipping into the memories....if you've ever read Little Girl Fly Away by Gene Stone(?) you know what i'm talking about....but the person was taken out of his life and she's back now and she's worried that he might hate her because of the past but Kris is saying that he doesn't care about the past mistakes. The line about jumping could be like jumping into being his 'mother' again...he could also be reasurring her that she wasn't the only one who made mistakes and that other people are putting up a facade ('tried to make a piece of coal into a
diamond') and hoping that it would become something real.
I think its about Kris's Mom or mother-figure like person....he was writing it as he was looking back at their relationship together but slipping into the memories....if you've ever read Little Girl Fly Away by Gene Stone(?) you know what i'm talking about....but the person was taken out of his life and she's back now and she's worried that he might hate her because of the past but Kris is saying that he doesn't care about the past mistakes. The line about jumping could be like jumping into being his 'mother' again...he could also be reasurring her that she wasn't the only one who made mistakes and that other people are putting up a facade ('tried to make a piece of coal into a diamond') and hoping that it would become something real.