I disagree with the above comment, I think this song is about her relationship with her father ("he led me to the alter"), as for the first verse it could very well be about a father teaching his daughter to swim for the first time, throwing her into the water but still holding on to her with his firm hands, as time passes, he grows weaker and she grows stronger because of him and in the end, when he's gone the memories of him and everything he taught her stay with her, thus she's holding her own hand rather than he holding her.
I'm not sure if this is right, just what I saw in the song.
I disagree with the above comment, I think this song is about her relationship with her father ("he led me to the alter"), as for the first verse it could very well be about a father teaching his daughter to swim for the first time, throwing her into the water but still holding on to her with his firm hands, as time passes, he grows weaker and she grows stronger because of him and in the end, when he's gone the memories of him and everything he taught her stay with her, thus she's holding her own hand rather than he holding her.
I'm not sure if this is right, just what I saw in the song.