Chalk

Your dad used to mark your height upon the side of the door Name scribbled in darker ink next to lines of chalk He said 'you're growing by the day darling' high above the floor One day you'll witness the markings of times that you were before 'Cos now you've grown up and grown on and moved that family house Started your own one, living happily south of the town But on days that you doubt yourself, you'll be driving back to your dad's Checking upon the chalk and how far you've grown since a lad They were the best days, caught inside, with rainy skies and essays The next phase, plotting how we're people making headway You press play, upon your little life and climb the stairway On to a newer one as you're walking towards the next phase You find yourself, in your own house with same chalk Marking doors in the way that dad he did it before You're digging deep as you scratch your name on the kitchen door Now four feet you're a giant darling above the floor And now it's hard to be alone But look how far you've come Look how much you've grown And now it feels like nothing's changed (nothing's changed) But look at yesterday And look how much you've grown (look how much you've grown) Oh, we were marks on the wall certain to last and not fall Written, to hold and then serve a purpose to ask us how tall We wanna be, or we dare to dream when facing it all We were youngsters back then lines of chalk for the hall All for the taking this world is ours as we'd fly from a swing Certain we'd capture the stars if we flew higher with wings As dad he sat with a lemonade and then savoured the spring Little flowers that bloom to bud, as he takes up his drink Oh, it was simpler back then, little lines of a pen I should have sworn that I'd go to pause it, to re-live again Certain feelings we cut on grass while sitting with friends The ones who said it, that growing older is the start of the end Staring at when you were just a kid, a line on the door Name scribbled in darker ink next to lines of chalk He said 'you're growing by the day darling' high above the floor So look at what you've done, you're this and so much more And now it's hard to be alone But look how far you've come Look how much you've grown And now it feels like nothing's changed (nothing's changed) But look at yesterday And look how much you've grown (look how much you've grown)