August Afterglow

[Intro]
[Verse]
The Wurlitzer is warping slow
August sun has lost its glow
Clapboard walls are peeling white
We stayed up through the night
Leftover cake inside the tin
Where the quiet life begins
Salt is sticking to the floor
I don't want to leave no more
[Pre-Chorus]
Crumpled stubs in denim seams
Washing out our summer dreams
The tide is coming for the shore
Like it's done a million times before
[Chorus]
Hazy days in golden light
Holding on with all our might
Fading out in tape delay
Wish that we could always stay
Softest blue and silver gray
Watching August drift away
[Post-Chorus]
Drifting away in the spray
Lost in the salt spray
Drifting away today
In the softest gray
[Hook]
Melted sugar on the hood
Everything was understood
[Verse]
Static on the old machine
Fading like a movie scene
Your shoulders wear a sunburn red
Softest words were never said
The wedding guests have all gone home
Leaving us to drift and roam
Empty bottles in the sand
Slipping through a reaching hand
[Chorus]
Hazy days in golden light
Holding on with all our might
Fading out in tape delay
Wish that we could always stay
Softest blue and silver gray
Watching August drift away
[Bridge]
Was it special at the time?
Looking for a reason or rhyme
Now the memory is blurred and thin
Like the saturation on your skin
Tape is hissing in the dark
Waiting for a single spark
[Breakdown]
Just a quiet goodbye
Underneath a heavy sky
No one needs to cry
As the summer starts to die
[Chorus]
Hazy days in golden light
Holding on with all our might
Fading out in tape delay
Wish that we could always stay
Softest blue and silver gray
Watching August drift away
[Verse]
The rental key is on the mat
We can't go back to where we sat
The popsicle has turned to ink
Faster than a person can think
[Outro]