"I was the one who would always jump in first, I didn't think twice to look behind. Got such a good feeling just from playing in the dirt, once, when I was little."

I feel like I'm a child when I listen to this song, and in all honesty, it's a good thing. It's a rarity to find something that just makes you feel so good on the inside -- good in the way that you're a child again. I can find a million songs that make me want to jump around and that make me feel happy. A million songs could make me feel good, but it's a rarity to find one that makes me feel like I'm young again.

"We could build a rocket, fly to the moon. Leave Tuesday morning, be back for noon. And there wasn't nothing, nothing that we couldn't do. Oh, once, when I was little. Once, when I was little."

I can recall when I used to play out in front of my house, in the arrangement of bushes that could be a secret garden. With all the neighbourhood kids, we would gather, pretending that this was some sort of secret area that not everyone knew about. I can even remember when I was old enough to realise that there were bugs everywhere, and that I couldn't even believe I was playing surrounded by all these bugs. Nature looks beautiful, that I can't deny, but the bugs, ahh the bugs.

"Yeah, I could dream more then. I could believe more then, that the world could only get better. I could be free more then, I could pretend more then, that this life could only show me good times. Once, when I was little."

Don't you hate that you aren't that young anymore? I feel like I've suddenly hit this point in my life, at the lonely 19, where I'm like, what now? It's songs like this that make me wish I was young again because I could pretend then. I could be someone else, and nobody would think I was crazy. I could pretend that there were aliens coming to attack my friends and I, and I could run around like a crazy person and draw chalk designs on my driveway. Back then I could dream more. I could believe more. Everything was going to get better. Life could not get worse. And James Morrison really portrays this incredibly in this song. It makes me feel so nostalgic, and that's a feeling I love to hold onto.

"There was a time when I trusted everyone. There was no place I would not go. Spend all day on the hillside, next to the barley mow, oh, once when i was little. Yeah, once, when I was little. Yeah, I could dream more then. And I believe more then. That the world could only get better. I could be free more then, I could pretend more then, that this life could only show me good times. Once, when I was little. I used to feel so strong, even when they'd tell me, tell me I was wrong. That I can't live in a magic world, 'cause it's time for me to grow up. And I've got to live like the rest of them, well, I know things have been lost."

James Morrison puts me back into the tiny shoes of my 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 years old self. Even 9, 10 or 11 year old. All that matters is that I'm in tiny shoes, and I'm a tiny person, and I'm living my life like there is no care in the world. There is something about his voice that just soothes me, and reassures me, like he's telling me that maybe one day I'll reach that point again. The point where I'm as happy as can be with no limitations, with no false pretenses. I want to be able to pretend again, to believe more again, and know that the world is going to get better. The world might not get better, seeing that the world is how it is. But James, he gives me that little bit of reassurance. He gives me that little bit of hope. Maybe it's his voice. Maybe it's his words. All I know, is that I wish I was little.

"Oh, I could pretend more then. And I could believe more then. That the world, it would only get better. Oh, I could believe more then, yes I could. And I could pretend more then. That this life, it could only show me good times. Once when I was little. So here comes the next one, next in line. Stay as young as you can, for the longest time. 'Cause those days flew by, like a breeze just passing through. Once, when I was little."