Skin
from Homebody by St. Catherine's Child
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about
a song for my childhood
lyrics
there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder how we made it here.
last I checked we played pretend,
boys and girls, they can’t be friends.
there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder when we all grew up.
our voices dropped and our bones got big,
the real world, it pulled us in.
but I still build forts and I still skip stones,
and I still haven’t read every book that I own,
and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
and I still braid hair and I still get scared
of the dark even though I know nothing’s there.
and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder where her freckles went.
I used to count them when she spoke.
they disappeared right off her nose.
there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder when the mirror changed.
my hair grew out and my teeth got straight.
the top shelf ain’t so far away.
but I still build forts and I still skip stones,
and I still haven’t read every book that I own,
and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
and I still braid hair and I still get scared
of the dark even though I know nothing’s there.
and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
all the notches in the doorframe grow and change.
still I know that they’ll stop growing too one day.
but I still build forts and I still skip stones,
and I still haven’t read every book that I own,
and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
and I still braid hair and I still get scared
of the dark even though I know nothing’s there.
and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
last I checked we played pretend,
boys and girls, they can’t be friends.
there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder when we all grew up.
our voices dropped and our bones got big,
the real world, it pulled us in.
but I still build forts and I still skip stones,
and I still haven’t read every book that I own,
and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
and I still braid hair and I still get scared
of the dark even though I know nothing’s there.
and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder where her freckles went.
I used to count them when she spoke.
they disappeared right off her nose.
there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder when the mirror changed.
my hair grew out and my teeth got straight.
the top shelf ain’t so far away.
but I still build forts and I still skip stones,
and I still haven’t read every book that I own,
and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
and I still braid hair and I still get scared
of the dark even though I know nothing’s there.
and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
all the notches in the doorframe grow and change.
still I know that they’ll stop growing too one day.
but I still build forts and I still skip stones,
and I still haven’t read every book that I own,
and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
and I still braid hair and I still get scared
of the dark even though I know nothing’s there.
and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
credits
from Homebody,
released August 10, 2017
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about
St. Catherine's Child Liverpool, UK
ilana + company.
sings songs, laughs a lot
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