Different Summer

The fan just pushes heat around
Your shoes stick softly to the ground
The hose water barely shocks my skin
It used to feel like summer

The peaches bruise before they bloom
The porch boards sigh in the afternoon
Even the shade feels thinner now
It used to feel like summer

I remember bare feet on the hose
Cold glass sweating in my hand
Now the air sits heavy, close
Like it knows too much to understand

This hot summer's different
Different than before
This hot summer's different
I can feel it in my bones
This hot summer's different
And it won't let go
Different than it used to be
Different, different, whoa

The dogs lie flat on the tile
Nobody leaves for a while
We watch the sky go pale and mean
It used to feel like summer

The tomatoes crack on the vine
The mailbox burns at half past nine
We talk in shadows by the door
It used to feel like summer

I remember storms that rolled on through
A quick hard rain, a cooled-down street
Now the clouds just pass us by
And leave the whole yard baking underneath

This hot summer's different
Different than before
This hot summer's different
I can feel it in my bones
This hot summer's different
And it won't let go
Different than it used to be
Different, different, whoa

Maybe it's me, maybe it's time
Maybe the world is changing lines
But when that heat leans in again
I swear I hear the old days dim

This hot summer's different
Different than before
This hot summer's different
I can feel it in my bones
This hot summer's different
And it won't let go
Different than it used to be
Different, different, whoa

Taken from the upcoming album "Black Sea Swimmer"