Discover the story of the song > Barlight – Charlie Robison

The protagonist is reminiscing about their childhood and how nursery rhymes didn't make sense to them. Now that they're grown up, they've created their own nursery rhyme that is about going to a bar. They hope to find someone to hold them tight there. The rhyme also mentions other nursery rhymes and suggests that they don't really make sense either. In the end, the protagonist wants to dance and have fun at the bar before it closes.