I love this song. The way I see it is from the viewpoint of a soldier. He's basically begging his pregnant wife and (more so) his daughter to get him away from the hellish life of war and back home with his family.
"Papa's far away making up children's stories": He's off fighting a war that future generations will read about in history books.
"She's trying to be brave until the daddy comes home": Little girl scared because her father has been away for a long time.
The last part is a hopeless plea to his daughter, saying if she could only get him out of there, he would read her to sleep, sing her lullabyes, teach her as much as he possibly can.
I love this song. The way I see it is from the viewpoint of a soldier. He's basically begging his pregnant wife and (more so) his daughter to get him away from the hellish life of war and back home with his family.
"Papa's far away making up children's stories": He's off fighting a war that future generations will read about in history books.
"She's trying to be brave until the daddy comes home": Little girl scared because her father has been away for a long time.
The last part is a hopeless plea to his daughter, saying if she could only get him out of there, he would read her to sleep, sing her lullabyes, teach her as much as he possibly can.