Chlorine Ghost

[Intro]
[Verse]
Grease under my fingernails tonight
Jumped the chain-link in the pale moonlight
Concrete's steaming from the summer rain
Washing off the rust and the mental strain
Streetlights humming like a broken wire
Setting all these quiet streets on fire (Hey!)
[Pre-Chorus]
Lukewarm soda in a dented can
Trying to remember who I am
Crumpled Polaroid in my denim vest
Heart's a hammer in my skinny chest
[Chorus]
Oh, the blue tiles are cracking
And the summer's just packing up to go
I was seventeen and tracking
Every shadow that you'd ever throw
Deep end secrets in the dark
Living like a question mark
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, we're diving in
Where we've always been
Chlorine on my skin
[Verse]
I remember you in the shallow end
More than a neighbor, less than a friend
Your hair was wet and your eyes were bright
Before the town turned out the light
Farfisa organ in the distant house
Quiet as a shadow, quiet as a mouse
[Chorus]
Oh, the blue tiles are cracking
And the summer's just packing up to go
I was seventeen and tracking
Every shadow that you'd ever throw
Deep end secrets in the dark
Living like a question mark
[Bridge]
What if I had stayed?
What if I had played it brave?
Now I'm fixing gears and chains
While the local spirit drains
Crickets screaming in the weeds
Giving me the ghost I need
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Oh, the blue tiles are cracking
And the summer's just packing up to go
I was seventeen and tracking
Every shadow that you'd ever throw
Deep end secrets in the dark
Living like a question mark
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, we're diving in
Where we've always been
Chlorine on my skin
[Outro]