Now You Know - Tom Rosenthal

It’s okay dad you can go

We’re all here

And we know

That you’re traveling soon

I’ve sung you all the songs that I can sing

Mostly George Formby with none of the strings

It’s funny where we can end up

A life in fields

And now you’re here

Not a blade of grass

You were born in wild Australia

Had to go a long way to be who you are

I did this thing towards the end

Where I put my head right against your head

And I just hold it there

And tried to store up every single vein

Fixed in my mind for all tomorrow’s days

For all tomorrow’s days

And so to the last night of your stay

Waited up all night

And watched you sleep

I’ve never done that before

And you know what, it was the best night of my life

To be close to your dreams for the very first time

It was a gentle afternoon

I think Tuesday

And there you lay

You were trying to die

We opened up the window so you could fly

Soar away into the rest of our lives

I just hope you made it past the hospital car park

In the middle of the night

Some years back

You told your wife that you could not sleep

You said that you were scared to die

But you were curious to see other side

Well now you know

Now you know