Summer 2k16

from Not at Home by rat dreams

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lyrics

summer means the end of all things:
an ant climbed across your tangerine.
so we watched july rot it from your back porch by the fire pit,
making out between cigarettes.

and i would leave with you, if you wanted me to.

summer means the end of all things:
the rat died by the bathroom sink.
he drank the poison till thirsty;
i guess it got him out of the august heat.

yeah maybe i’m cruel
but i'm shaking and i'm sweating on the attic floor.
yeah maybe i’m cruel
but the smell is coming up through the door, now.

cause it’s the hottest on record and we’re still drinking blue planets.
i guess there’s always next year.
the hottest summer on record and we’re still drinking blue planets.
we used to pray for the weather, do you remember?

summer always leaves us too soon.
remember when your dog ran outside?
we hit the block with flashlights and called her name into the night,
and found her
under the SUV. patient and waiting.

back inside, before we go to sleep, you say to me
“will, no one ever leaves just voluntarily”

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from Not at Home, released July 20, 2018

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rat dreams Columbus, Ohio

ohio valley folk/art rock.

andrea, carrie, dan, jack, laura, and will.

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