Static Summer | Letters from the Sun | Track 10-15 | 1965

[Intro – Low Drone] [Verse 1] The wires hum again, Only this time they sing. Static summer, Ghosts of everything. [Chorus – Whispered, Gentle, Circular] Stay a while — don’t move, don’t fade. The world’s still warm, the noise will stay. Static summer, I hear your name. Stay a while — don’t fade away. (Organ swells just slightly under the final line — no crash, just breath.) [Verse 2] Your shadow moved before your name, The light forgot from where it came. I tried to tune the day in right, But the dial just slipped through night. [Chorus – More Present, Harmonized] Stay a while — don’t move, don’t fade. The world’s still warm, the noise will stay. Static summer, I hear your name. Stay a while — don’t fade away. (Background harmonies rise softly on “away.”) [Bridge – Distorted Crescendo] (Reverse guitars and organ tremolo build tension.) “I can’t hear the silence now — it’s all too loud.” (Sudden drop — everything cuts out for one bar, then returns to the final chorus.) [Final Chorus – Slow and Dreamlike] Stay a while — don’t move, don’t fade. Static summer, don’t slip away. Every sound becomes your face. Static summer — don’t fade away. (Final sustained organ note and single drum hit before tape fades out.)