Little Hands
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My baby's gone like a flame
Put out by the rain
Water down the drain

Little face, little feet
Little hands in my mind
Where I'm crying all the time
Where I'm crying all the time

Little face, little feet
Little hands in my brain
Driving me insane
Driving me insane

Little face, little feet
Little hands not around
No more little sounds
No more little sound

My baby's gone like a flame




Put out by the rain
Water down the drain

Overall Meaning

The song "Little Hands" is a touching and heartbreaking ode to a mother's lost child. The opening lines "My baby's gone like a flame, put out by the rain, water down the drain" set a poignant and visceral image of the child's untimely death. The loss of the child constantly haunts the mother's mind, as evidenced by the repetition of the lines "Little face, little feet, little hands in my mind, where I'm crying all the time." The loss has become so overwhelming that it has driven the mother to the brink of insanity, with the lines "Little face, little feet, little hands in my brain, driving me insane" illustrating the depth of her anguish. The chorus then takes a turn as she laments the absence of her child's presence, with "Little face, little feet, little hands not around, no more little sounds" highlighting the gaping hole left in her life by her child's death. The song ends with a reprise of the opening lines, with the mother still grappling with the reality of her loss.




Line by Line Meaning

My baby's gone like a flame
My child has left me suddenly, like a flame that is extinguished


Put out by the rain
Just like rain can put out a flame, something unwanted caused my child to leave


Water down the drain
My child is gone and it feels like their memory is slipping away too


Little face, little feet
I see my child's tiny face and feet in my mind, making it even harder to forget them


Little hands in my mind
I can't stop thinking about the feel of my child's small hands in mine


Where I'm crying all the time
My emotions are so overwhelming that I'm constantly in tears


Little hands in my brain
The thought of my child's hands is consuming my thoughts in a distressing way


Driving me insane
The pain of losing my child is pushing me to the brink of my sanity


Little hands not around
The absence of my child's hands in reality is unbearable


No more little sounds
I miss the sweet sounds my child used to make that are now gone




Lyrics © OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT LP
Written by: HARRY SIMEONE, HENRY ONORATI, KATHERINE K. DAVIS

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@midorisubs5106

My baby's gone like a flame
Put out by the rain
Water down the drain

Little face, little feet, little hands in my mind
Where I'm crying all the time
Where I'm crying all the time

Little face, little feet, little hands in my brain
Driving me insane
Driving me insane

Little face, little feet, little hands not around
No more little sounds
No more little sound

My baby's gone like a flame
Put out by the rain
Water down the drain



@tsukishimakeianypronouns8054

Lyrics:

My baby's gone like a flame
Put out by the rain
Water down the drain
Little face, little feet
Little hands in my mind
Where I'm crying all the time
Where I'm crying all the time
Little face, little feet
Little hands in my brain
Driving me insane
Driving me insane
Little face, little feet
Little hands not around
No more little sounds
No more little sound
My baby's gone like a flame
Put out by the rain
Water down the drain



All comments from YouTube:

@user-vh5pr8lo1x

i think it's a lot more likely that this song is about the death of a toddler than a miscarriage? the "no more little sounds" line pretty heavily implies silence in the child's absence and you can faintly hear young children fighting and yelling at each other in the background during some parts


fetuses aren't usually that loud..

@JS-pq2tc

No more little sounds could be the heartbeat

@daphneduck3294

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@epochii2756

@@JS-pq2tc then what of the children squabbling in the background?

@Morristown337

If the Presidents of the USA took their music seriously it may sound like this.

@mehp_

@@epochii2756 I'm Pretty sure that the kids represent the life that they could have had, looking everywhere and seeing these happy and growing kids, and the resentment the pare ts feel because they cant have the same

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@irisw7484

i personally think this song is about losing a young child as opposed to a miscarriage. because the lyric is "no MORE little sounds" implying that the sounds (presence of the child) were there before the kids passing

@nuggetboi6318

I think the song means a multitude of things. Two of the most prominent being either a miscarriage or losing a small child. I agree with the logic behind your interpretation, but it could also mean that when you're expecting a child sometimes you imagine that baby as a child in your hands or running around in anticipation for the future. Once you lose that baby to a miscarriage then you're left with nothing left to imagine, the dream is gone and all the little sounds are no more.

@tommycoolatta420

This song was kind of hard to listen to. Not because it isn't good, just like all songs by this wonderful band, it was amazing. But also heartbreaking, and it seemed to have a ghostly atmosphere.

@woof009

i saw you in the comment section of two trucks what the fuck are you doing here

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