Have You Tried Now, Now

You're not too small for this
But you're not even trying
I know you're taking everything way farther than you've known
I know what's taking all this space
I know I know

We were younger then
But I can still read the words across your chest
Pouring from your mouth
And ran like rivers down your neck
And spilled on to the floor
But I'm not so sure I can remember that anymore

I can't read the books your father read
But I will write you songs instead
To make up for what they have been saying
Because I know you don't need that
I know you don't need that

We were smaller then
But I don't have the blood in your skin
So I don't fit I don't fit in
And when I leave your house
I know you'll call to chase them out
But they'll stay down the hall
So when you sleep it's not for long