[Verse 1]
You were born where summer lingers
Rain on hot sidewalks
Cherry ice
You trace constellations with your fingers
Say
"Cancer kids just feel too much sometimes"
Your hair up
July on your shoulders
Sunburn lines and a thrift-store dress
Laughing as the fireworks smolder
You say
"This mess is happiness"
[Chorus]
July in your eyes
All that blue and burning sky
You pull the tides inside my chest
Rise and fall
You never rest
If this is love
Then let it flood
Let it rise
I lose myself
In July in your eyes
[Verse 2]
You keep old receipts in your journal
Pressed a yellow flower there for luck
Tell me every scar is internal
But you still flinch at simple touch
You read me my fate from a coaster
"You're gonna stay
" you half-confess
Draw a little crab on my shoulder
Whisper
"Promise you won't love me less"
[Chorus]
July in your eyes
All that blue and burning sky
You pull the tides inside my chest
Rise and fall
You never rest
If this is love
Then let it flood
Let it rise
I lose myself
In July in your eyes
[Bridge]
You say
"Someday
I'll be colder"
I say
"Summer lives in you"
You say
"People leave when it gets older"
I say
"I was born to see this through" (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
July in your eyes
All that blue and burning sky
You pull the tides inside my chest
Rise and fall
I don't resist
If this is love
Then let it flood
Let it rise
Whatever comes
I'll stay under your tides
I choose your storms
And July in your eyes