Shannon Stephens - ‘In the Summer in the Heat’ live @ Luna Music Broad Ripple
Airplanes fly over in the night.
Lit up, they blink across the sky.
And voices murmur down below
The streetlights and the dark windows,
And cars thump down the empty street,
In summer in the heat.
He clings to me with burning skin,
Covers thrown off the bed’s end.
And cats are covering my feet,
And his arms are surrounding me
In salty sleep, so sweaty sweet
In summer in the heat.
Daylight, don’t come and spoil this.
Don’t take this strange paralysis
Where I lie still and feel the fan
Blow down on my heavy limbs,
And my lover breathes so peacefully
In summer in the heat,
And my lover breathes so peacefully
In summer in the heat.
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The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2
I thought I felt your shape but I was wrong
Really all I felt was falsely strong
I held on tight and closed my eyes
It was dumb I had no sense of your size
It was dumb to hold so tight
But last night
On the birthday in the kitchen
My grip was loose my eyes were open
I felt your shape and heard you breathing
I felt the rise and fall of your chest
I felt your fall
Your winter snows
Your gusty blow
Your lava flow
I felt it all
Your starry night
Your lack of light
With limp arms I can feel most of you
I hung around your neck independently
And my loss was overwhelmed
By this new depth I don’t think I ever felt
But I don’t know
The nights are cold
And I remember warmth
I could have sworn I wasn’t alone
