orange hugs

My fifteenth was the year I became a grown up
But only because I had to only because I had to
I was responsible for the house
Had to take care of our dogs and take care of myself

And I had class at 6am every day
There was a carpool in our neighborhood that's why I had to stay
So I slept alone in a house that my family owned but nobody lived in
For the better part of a whole entire year

There was quarantine before covid
There were masks and gloves and orange hugs
Any childlike innocence was stripped away
And speaking of oranges I'd just like to say

Stem cell transplants made you smell like oranges
Do you remember that when you smell oranges these days?
'Cause I will never smell oranges the same again
They'll always make me think of you in a hospital bed
They always make me think of you in a hospital bed
I lost a part of myself
I didn't realize it then but I'm grieving it now

There was quarantine before covid
There were masks and gloves and orange hugs
Any childlike innocence was stripped away
And speaking of oranges I'd just like to say

Stem cell transplants made you smell like oranges
Do you remember that when you smell oranges these days?
'Cause I will never smell oranges the same again
They'll always make me think of you in a hospital bed
They always make me think of you in a hospital bed

Oooh they make me think of think of you