[Intro: Ethereal, dreamy synthesizers with slow cinematic strings] [Verse 1: Male Vocal] The sun is setting earlier now The golden hour takes a final bow The heat is lifting from the asphalt street A bittersweet surrender, a slow defeat I watch the leaves begin to turn to rust Our summer kingdom crumbling into dust [Verse 2: Female Vocal] My skin is fading, losing its glow The warm ocean current is losing its flow We captured the lightning in a mason jar But now it’s just a flicker, a dying star The September wind is whispering your name Telling me that nothing will ever be the same [Pre-Chorus: Both] The calendar pages are falling like rain A beautiful season giving way to the pain [Chorus: Both] August slipped away like a silk chiffon dress Leaving us behind in this beautiful mess We drank the sunlight, we worshipped the heat Now we're just strangers on a freezing street The memories are golden but they cut like glass We always knew the summer was never meant to last [Instrumental Interlude: Sweeping dream-pop strings and echoing choral pads] [Verse 3: Male Vocal] I kept the sunglasses that you left behind A tiny little relic of a losing mind [Female Vocal] I can still taste the cherry cola on your lips The salty sea breeze on your fingertips [Pre-Chorus: Both] The calendar pages are falling like rain A beautiful season giving way to the pain [Chorus: Both] August slipped away like a silk chiffon dress Leaving us behind in this beautiful mess We drank the sunlight, we worshipped the heat Now we're just strangers on a freezing street The memories are golden but they cut like glass We always knew the summer was never meant to last [Bridge: Both] [Male Vocal] The chill is in the air. [Female Vocal] The frost is on the glass. [Both] We are watching the ghost of our paradise pass. Wrap your coat around me, hold me tight. Before we disappear into the autumn night. [Outro: Both] August slipped away... [Female Vocal]: Golden and gone. [Male Vocal]: Moving on. [Both]: Goodbye to the sun. [Fading Outro: Ethereal synths fading away like a cool breeze] [End]
