[Intro] [Slow weeping mellotron solo] [Subtle electric pedal steel swells] [Verse 1] [Male Lead Vocal] Sun hangs heavy, gold on every shoulder We drink the heat like it won’t get colder Laughter echoes through the barren land We swear the sky will always lend a hand [Verse 2] [Wurlitzer tremolo enters] [Male Lead Vocal] Then the silence creeps without a warning Gray shrouds drape the dawn this morning [Female Haunting Echo] (Silently creeping... fading away) [Male Lead Vocal] Silver linings? They drifted and flew Now every cloud wears a somber hue [Chorus] [Male Lead Vocal] Last summer day, we tried to hold the sun [Female Haunting Echo] (Slipped away... slipped away) [Male Lead Vocal] Memories flicker like a match in the rain [Female Harmony] (Final gleam... final gleam) [Male Lead Vocal] Last summer day [Female Haunting Echo] (Last summer day) [Male Lead Vocal] Ooh-ooh, final gleam [Female Harmony] (Ooh-ooh, final gleam) [Verse 3] [Viola joins melody] [Male Lead Vocal] We chased the warmth until our feet were sore Now every breeze feels like a closing door The water darkens, swallowing the gleam [Female Haunting Echo] (Swallowing the gleam) [Male Lead Vocal] We pocket moments, trading them for dreams [Chorus] [Male Lead Vocal] Last summer day, we tried to hold the sun [Female Haunting Echo] (Slipped away... slipped away) [Male Lead Vocal] Memories flicker like a match in the rain [Female Harmony] (Final gleam... final gleam) [Male Lead Vocal] Last summer day [Female Haunting Echo] (Last summer day) [Male Lead Vocal] Ooh-ooh, final gleam [Female Harmony] (Ooh-ooh, final gleam) [Bridge] [Male Lead Vocal] Autumn clouds don’t shine the way they used to They swallow every maybe that we knew [Female Harmony] (Every maybe... swallowed whole) [Male Lead Vocal] We’re left with echoes of that final glow A photograph the rain won’t let us show [Outro] [Music starts to fade] [Male Lead Vocal] Last summer day, last summer day [Female Haunting Echo] (It slipped away... last summer day) [Male Lead Vocal] Ooh-ooh, final gleam [Female Harmony] (Ooh-ooh, final gleam) [Whispered Male] (Last gleam, last gleam) [Fade out] [End]
