To Prim and Rue- Love, Katniss
Never Grow Up
Songwriters: Swift, Taylor;
Your little hands wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
Prim, I love you so much. I remember when you were little and depended on me for everything. It was a quiet night, and you were on the couch having a good dream. Then you started to wake up, and I carried you to your bed, and tucked you in.
To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that
Prim, you always laughed at everything. You never had anything to make you hate anything. Just stay little forever. Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
Prim, don't you ever grow up, please stay little, and stay innocent,
Prim, please please don't grow up. I don't care that you were grown up the second you were reaped, I don't care! Stay little.
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
No, you never got hurt Prim, not like I did, until you were killed, and it was completely my fault. You never got the chance to get your heart broken.
No, no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up
I deserted you in the moment you needed me most, on those steps with all those other kids. But now that you're an angel, you will never grow up at least.
You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
Yes Rue, you too. You are my honorary little sister. Seeder was with you on the train, and she became your Hunger Games mother, or mentor, but I'm sure she felt like you were like her own.
At 14, there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
You never even got to age 14, but you couldn't change that. If you were, you would still be my Rue. And I bet you would be a rebellious teenager, but you already mean so much to everyone, don't sever ties to people you love. But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older, too
And don't lose the way that you dance around
In your PJs getting ready for school
Rue, I never met your family, but I'm sure they loved you as much as I did, and grew so much older watching you die in the Arena. Don't you lose the way you were a little girl. Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
Rue, you grew up the moment you were reaped, but you should have never been reaped. You were too young. You shouldn't have ever had to grow up. No one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left you scarred
Those last two lines were a lie. You were in the hunger games, but I still love you and you shouldn't have had to been scarred while watching people die from the trees.
And even though you want to
Just try to never grow up
Rue, baby, Prim, honey, I love you so much, nothing could ever change that. It hurts me you never got a chance to grow up.
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Prim, you barely knew our father, but you would have loved him. Rue, don't ever forget your family.
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
Remember me, and the things I told you. I love both of you. Remember your siblings Rue, never forget them either.
I just realized everything I have
Is someday gonna be gone
I have realized, you are both gone, and eventually, everyone else will be too. So wait for me.
So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
I'm in the new capitol, the Rebellion worked, even if District 12 was destroyed.
It's so much colder than I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on
I have Peeta, but I never thought it would be so lonely without you two. Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up
Why did I have to grow up. Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
Could still be little
Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
I wish this was true, that I had never grown up.
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
My girls, don't you ever grow up.
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even through to you want to
Please try to never grow up
I'm sorry you had to get hurt, never got a chance to have your heart broken, but don't you ever grow up. Don't you ever grow up
(Never grow up)
Just never grow up