LYRICS (Character Limit: 5000) [Intro - Woozy Synth and Piano] [Ambient, shimmering] (synth pads shimmer, piano enters gentle, vinyl crackle, heat-wave sounds) [Verse 1] [Conversational, intimate] July's a landlord charging rent in sweat Humidity's the price you pay for green The magazines all promised nature-bliss Nobody mentioned steam (mm) Mosquitoes practice acupuncture On my attempts at being zen Gnats rehearsing synchronized swimming In the corner of my Midwest hymn [Pre-Chorus] [Trap drums enter, building] Bloom-swelter, sun-melt Earth-sauna, drought-felt [Chorus] [Electronic bass drops, belt] And they call this living (living) All this melting into August air Summer's just spring's leftovers Composted into something we can't wear (can't wear) The grass goes crispy-golden Pretends it's just a tan (just a tan) But I know death when I see it Even when it smells like sunscreen brands (smells like coconut and lies) [Interlude - Electronic Piano] [Woozy, psychedelic] (piano with pitch-shifted electronic treatment, ambient heat sounds) [Verse 2] [More abstract, pitched-down moments] August keeps her promises In buckets full of sweat The garden's doing hostile negotiations With the concept of not-dead-yet The cardinal stopped singing Too hot to claim his tree Even nature's taking naps at 3 PM In solidarity with me [Pre-Chorus] [Building, trap drums prominent] Sun-drunk, heat-struck Melt-tongue, bug-trucе [Chorus] [Fuller production, electronic elements max] And they call this thriving (thriving) All this sweating into existence here Summer's just a slow-cook setting On the planet's self-destruct premiere (premiere) The trees look tired of photosynthesis Even chlorophyll needs a break (needs a break) Being one with nature's overrated When nature's making you bake (you marinate in your own regret) [Bridge - Stripped experimental] [Whispered, ambient electronics] Heat-drunk summer tongue: Shade-chasing Porch-wasting Ice-praying Sweat-tasting (trap beat builds, voice rising with electronic processing) The fireflies are lying— They're not romantic They're just horny and on fire Like everything in June And the poets who wrote summer sonnets Never lived in the Midwest Where even the air Has texture you can chew [Build - Full production] Where being "present in nature" Means being present While six different insects Test your blood type for their thesis (FOR THEIR THESIS!) [Final Chorus - Climactic] [Maximum electronic and jazz fusion] So call this living! All this dripping into something new! (something new) Summer's not renewal— It's proof that spring already grew! (already grew) And fall's not coming early It's been here all along (all along) Rehearsing in the browning grass Humming its arrival song! (humming its song) (humming its song) [Outro - Fading woozy] [Electronic piano, synths settling] July's a landlord August's the eviction notice September's waiting With a breeze that's almost hopeful (almost) (almost) (almost hopeful) (synth pads fade, heat shimmer sounds, final piano chord with vinyl crackle) [End]
