It's a beautiful song about parents coming to grips that their child is growing up faster than they would like and that it is time for them to let go. The youngster wants to go out and experience life on his own. They're worried he's not ready and he's going to get hurt, and they would rather she wait until he is better prepared. They still see him as a child. But he needs to get out and experience life, he'll get hurt, but he'll get over it and learn from it on the long walk of growth to adulthood.
It's a beautiful song about parents coming to grips that their child is growing up faster than they would like and that it is time for them to let go. The youngster wants to go out and experience life on his own. They're worried he's not ready and he's going to get hurt, and they would rather she wait until he is better prepared. They still see him as a child. But he needs to get out and experience life, he'll get hurt, but he'll get over it and learn from it on the long walk of growth to adulthood.