"I was never cool in school. I'm sure you don't remember me. And now it's been ten years. I'm still wondering who to be, and I'd love to mix in circles, cliques and social coteries, that's me. Hand me my nose ring(can we be happy?). Show me the mosh pit (can we be happy?). We can be happy underground. Who's got the looks, who's got the brains, who's got everything? I've
Also, it suggests the image of holding the thing in your hand as you give it into the hand of the other person. Still, 'handing' may be used only as a figure of speech for 'giving'.