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)