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"