Summer Snowfall

[Verse 1] July was sweating On the bus stop glass Then white fell down Like a stranger’s past On my bare hand It melted slow And my mouth said “Wait, I know” [Pre-Chorus] A blue porch swing A cracked red bowl A name I wore Before I was born Old shoes on the steps A dog at the gate I closed my eyes And it all came back [Chorus] Summer snow, summer snow It falls and I go Summer snow, summer snow I remember someone I never know Summer snow, summer snow On my tongue, in my bones Summer snow, summer snow And I’m not alone [Verse 2] Mia in the market Touched one flake and cried Said she had a brother From another life He wore her laugh And her mother’s ring She saw his face In the cold white things [Pre-Chorus] The whole town leaned Like it heard a song Kids in the street Started speaking long Of trains in fields And a flooded shore Of a hands-on-the-wall They’d seen before [Chorus] Summer snow, summer snow It falls and I go Summer snow, summer snow I remember someone I never know Summer snow, summer snow On my tongue, in my bones Summer snow, summer snow And I’m not alone [Bridge] I touched one flake And my name broke open A kitchen light A widow sewing A war gone dark A ferry horn A face in the mirror That I had worn If memory’s a door Then this is the key A whole other life Looking back at me [Final Chorus] Summer snow, summer snow It falls and I go Summer snow, summer snow I remember someone I never know Summer snow, summer snow On my tongue, in my bones Summer snow, summer snow And I’m not alone Summer snow, summer snow Let it cover us whole Summer snow, summer snow We were here before the world grew old