The little girl comes home from school and see's war and starvation on the television and can't understand it all. She asks her father why people do this to each other, whilst grampa says not to worry about it - they are in heaven now where nobody can hurt them.
The father is then tied whether he should tell his daughter (the little girl) that what grampa says is correct and that "there's a place for me and you", and that everything that happens is part of some master plan - "to that great and joyful day".
In the last but one verse it comes back around to the father himself doubting whether it is true. He is watching the suffering and wondering himself what it is all for - "don't tell that little girl, tell me"
This song is blatently about war and suffering.
The little girl comes home from school and see's war and starvation on the television and can't understand it all. She asks her father why people do this to each other, whilst grampa says not to worry about it - they are in heaven now where nobody can hurt them.
The father is then tied whether he should tell his daughter (the little girl) that what grampa says is correct and that "there's a place for me and you", and that everything that happens is part of some master plan - "to that great and joyful day".
In the last but one verse it comes back around to the father himself doubting whether it is true. He is watching the suffering and wondering himself what it is all for - "don't tell that little girl, tell me"
That's my interpretation. Great song!