A song that combines moody piano with delicate vocals and insightful lyrics.

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Smell of Summer

Are your eyes closed?
I envy you
Can you turn off your empathy like a light switch?
You fling your words like they're just air
Stone-heavy, they weigh me down
Why am I always left here
Sinking and picking up the pieces
I keep waiting to wake up
I keep waiting to fall asleep


But do you think the smell of summer can soak through
The nightmare we've been living since you
And in case you forget
An addiction is a promise
And you've made a lot of promises to me


But anyways
The clouds can't disappear
Without you here
When'd I become an option and not what you needed
Breathless and scared, I call you
But the days just fall down around me
My calendar claims it's spring
But it hasn't convinced me
The last of your faith sailed away
With the last of my patience
You leave me trembling sometimes
Your, your aftermath


But do you think the smell of summer can soak through
The nightmare we've been living since you
And in case you forget
An addiction is a promise
And you've made a lot of promises to me
Promises to me


But do you think the smell of summer can soak through
The nightmare we've been living since you
And in case you forget
An addiction is a promise
And you made a lot of promises to me


All lyrics and music © Sarah Wheeler 2004