I remember sodas on the fourth,
sweltering summers of the south
you lean and kiss me on the porch -
tomato flavor of your mouth
a cactus plant, a yellow bug
parked by a newly ripened yard
Lukas cuts grass while coffee brews
scent fills the room where we played cards
and if I watch my grandma's dogs
sometimes she'll let me take the car out
and I'll drive over to your house
speed on the highway with the top down
wanted to tell you that I love you,
outside that goddamn Circle K,
and since you drove me home, the sky
looks more like Heaven everyday
some nights I'll visit you at work -
a diner just outside of town
where you serve coffee to the dreamers
and they all drink it till their teeth brown
share a bottle beneath the bleachers, babe
that we can drink until our teeth brown
I used to think that love was some
kind of pure and natural force
but now I'm scarred by its remains
and I ain't got the strength no more
at night I’m longing for your touch
my mind tells me I’ve had enough
my friends all say I think too much
maybe they’re right and I’m insane
but just the sound of falling rain
is still you calling out my name
I’m tired of making fumbling plays
to see if you truly feel the same
just tell me if you like me now and look me in the eye
we can still share a dance or two, I’ll still hug you good-bye
so summer passes just like this
chaos stemmed from just one kiss
held love like lightning in my fist
meant all the world to me I guess
now I wrote till pages black
like a NyQuil induced Kerouac
and sit and daydream about my crush -
"who knew that love could hurt so much?"
sit and daydream about my crush -
"who knew that numb could hurt so much?"
you were just eighteen, passenger side
reading Virgin Suicides
the moonlight flickers off your eyes
now I can't get you off my mind
"it's raining dear! let's run inside"
make you a soda suicide
the sunrise mirrors off your eyes
now I can't get you off my mind...
credits
from INK FLO,
released July 12, 2019
music and lyrics by Jacob Ferraro-Martin
recorded and produced by Tyler Bisson, Audio Geography Studios, Tallahassee FL www.audiogeography.com
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