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As You Are Now Lyrics
I will take up all your tears
Salty tissues through the years
Spread them in the sun to dry
Diamonds from each time you cry
I will treasure all your teeth
Your laughter and the pearls beneath
Keep them in a cardboard box
Through the tickings and the tocks
I will gather all your hair
Floating in the sultry air
We will make a braid of gold
For you to keep when you are old
Now I'll kiss your milky skin
Sheet of silk and soul within
Put this kiss upon your brow
Treasure you as you are now
Salty tissues through the years
Spread them in the sun to dry
Diamonds from each time you cry
Your laughter and the pearls beneath
Keep them in a cardboard box
Through the tickings and the tocks
Floating in the sultry air
We will make a braid of gold
For you to keep when you are old
Sheet of silk and soul within
Put this kiss upon your brow
Treasure you as you are now
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It's a juxtaposition of the sweetness of parenthood with the dark side that wishes the child would not grow up and leave. Have you ever heard a parent playing with their child and say something like "I just want to eat you up"? Of course they are playing, but what is the underlying impulse of a parent is wishing they could physically keep the child as part of their own being? Teeth, hair, etc the closest you can get and still let them leave the nest.