Last July

Your hair smells like rain on the concrete streets,

We’re barefoot at midnight, where the summer heat sleeps.

The city’s all neon, but I only see you,

Every second feels stolen, every breath feels new.

I laugh when you stumble, you curse when I sing,

We’re both a little reckless, a little unhinged.

You look away shy, but you don’t pull back,

Like you’re daring the night to keep us on track.

I don’t care about tomorrow, it’s a stranger’s lie,

All I need’s your heartbeat keeping time with mine.

Take me where the smoke fades, slow and high,

Kiss me in the dark like it’s do or die.

Wrap me in your silence, let the world slip by,

We’re just cigarettes in July.

Your hands in my pockets, my face in your neck,

The moon’s hanging crooked, but the night’s perfect.

If heaven’s above us, I don’t need the sky,

Got a lifetime in minutes when you catch my eye.

I mumble dumb stories, you roll your eyes,

Pretend not to listen but your smile’s in disguise.

We talk about nothing, the kind that feels real,

It’s not what we say, it’s the way that it feels.

I don’t care about forever, it’s too far to chase,

All I want’s your shadow tracing over my face.

Take me where the smoke fades, slow and high,

Kiss me in the dark like it’s do or die.

Wrap me in your silence, let the world slip by,

We’re just cigarettes in July.

Hold me like you’ll burn out fast,

Love me slow, don’t let it pass.

Every touch is gasoline,

Every sigh’s a lucid dream.

You say you hate love songs, they all sound the same,

But you hum along anyway, won’t admit it by name.

You tell me you’re scared, I pretend I don’t hear,

But I squeeze your hand tighter just to keep you near.

We share a cheap lighter, it barely sparks,

But it glows just enough to burn through the dark.

You laugh when I choke on the smoke I don’t need,

Still, you pass me the filter like it’s love that we feed.

They tell me this won’t matter, they say time will decide,

But I’m living for the moment with your hand in mine.

Take me where the smoke fades, slow and high,

Kiss me in the dark like it’s do or die.

Wrap me in your silence, let the world slip by,

We’re just cigarettes in July.

And maybe we’ll regret this, maybe we won’t,

Maybe we’ll be strangers, maybe we don’t.

But right now it’s perfect, right now it’s true,

There’s nobody else that I’d rather ruin with than you.

The sweat on your collar, the scar on your knee,

Little broken pieces that feel holy to me.

You ask if I’m serious, I laugh like I’m fine,

But the truth is I’d keep you if you’d just call it mine.

You whisper my name like it’s something to trust,

And I fall for the sound like I always must.

The street’s growing quiet, the night’s almost gone,

But I’ll die in this moment before moving on.