[Verse 1]
I feel the water breaking over my feet
Cold as a coin beneath the August heat
The season keeps on stretching down the shore
And every wave leaves less than it was before
[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody wears the afternoon
Like a heavy shirt beneath the sun
I try to gather up a thought or two
But they scatter before I catch just one
[Chorus]
Summer sits heavy on my back
Bright in my eyes, washing out the tracks
I came here looking for a quieter mind
Found the tide pulling at me, one breath at a time
If I can stand here till the day turns blue
Maybe the water will carry me through
[Verse 2]
A paper cup rolls sideways in the sand
Someone calls my name from further inland
The salt dries white along my knees
And gulls argue over nothing in the breeze
[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody says the heat will break
But the hours keep leaning into noon
I let the restless pieces shake
And give the empty sky a little room
[Chorus]
Summer sits heavy on my back
Bright in my eyes, washing out the tracks
I came here looking for a quieter mind
Found the tide pulling at me, one breath at a time
If I can stand here till the day turns blue
Maybe the water will carry me through
[Bridge]
No answer hiding in the glare
No perfect order waiting there
Just the cold returning to my skin
And the slow permission to begin again
[Final Chorus]
Summer sits heavy on my back
Bright in my eyes, but I don't turn back
I came here looking for a quieter mind
Found the tide giving me one breath at a time
I let the day move over me
I let the water set me free
[Outro]
Cold water, warm sand
A little less to understand