Decapitated Dandelions

Childhood

Vs 1
You gotta chip on your tooth darling
Blessed with one of those smiles that ages well 
Gifting you memories of being tucked into bed safe and sound 
Rewind 13 years of fragile time 
You'll invision your grandmum putting you to bed
There's essential oil on your chest to ward off pesky allergies cuz Papa calls you Miss Snort while you roll your eyes in Solemn contempt 
You know that scent and her sweet honey lullaby like it was yesterday 
She hopes and prays for you well
Says she'll be close by in case your dreams go astray
Carrying orange creamsicles and stories for miles and miles and miles 
oh yes she knew you well 
She knew you best
Saturday mornings were filled with
Cartoons that made us feel like we were more than we were 
Just a clusterfuck of Teeny tiny atoms in a too big world
Oh life was bliss
Life was simple back then 

Vs 2
Daddy let you play dangerously today
He thought giving you the ropes would let you see
How to jump back to safety when things got too squiffy 
But honey you never knew that the pavement would meet your tooth like sloppy wet kiss
Daddy says to learn from your mistakes
Your image is fractured now
Your tooth is splitting 
He'd take you out for sammiches after and tell you no it's fine mustard is such a good element of surprise: quite tangy he said; just grow some hair on your chest hun
You'd cry out of your own demise
The acid sunk into your bloody gums 
And your favourite shirt is stained with blood
Guess the sparkly Rose's where feelin a bit more that day
You wear it Anyway
Until mommy said no throw that shit away

Chorus 1
And now you know loss 
It's so vindictive 
Life can be just so downright senile
They tell you though with promise 
you were born with a spring in your step 
You're one tough cookie, oh yes
You could captivate an audience
You held them in your grasp 
You became quite the mastered puppeteer 
A poltergeist over their qualified emotions 
If you knew loss
You knew how to tell it
You spoke so pure and never held a secret inside your heart my dear--
Dear sweet girl

Vs 3
You remember your favourite sippy cup from when you were two 
Which cracked along the surface one day
You ask your mum why can't you go back to when life was just a lemon slice
Oh honey that's just plain old child's play 
She chided, now here we are dealing with apples and oranges 
There is a difference 
It's complicated 
Well shit
There were days before you could walk
You were too young to know the burden of life resting upon your shoulders
You just couldn't bare that weight yet
Mum hid you inside her shirt suckling on mother nature's breast
you felt the life of her heart beat
And the tiredness of her breath
Now in a world so inept 
You just wanted to bring Teddy to class
Momma said he was waiting for you at home on your bed with your favorite cat 
Who died shortly after
She said we couldn't have done anything 
We couldn't have known
We couldn't have known

Chorus 2
And now I know loss
It's so vindictive 
Childhood is drifting away from me
I can see it tendriling out like a dying breath
I knew then as a toddler I could get my way if I wanted to
But Momma said we weren't manipulators 
We couldn't have what we wanted 
It was just a lie our forefathers had told us
We let others mold us like clay
Yet wty 3e stayed resilient in our ways
Never gave in to our mercy
Kept our nickels to ourselves
We Didn't hold back 
We don't speak 
Unless spoken to
And now I greet loss 
Like an it's an old friend