It was hot, it wasn't humid, it wasn't gray, it was just hot
The steaming kind of heat that makes oases out of sidewalks
And you half-expect a gentleman
Sheik to drape his cloak over the mirage
These illusory puddles were everywhere
We drove to the train station
With the windows down and our feet kicked out
We didn't need to say what was left unsaid
When the train doors slide shut and the whistle blows
It takes an hour for the iron behemoth to roll away
And with a crack the sky changes
And i'm walking in between the raindrops
That bubble up from the cracks in the pavement
The windows were left open
All the sheet music is strewn out sopping on the floor
These pages mean nothing when the dots and lines are blurred
No sense in crying over apartment soup, it's not my apartment anyway
After we go for a swim
The water feels like jello between my fingers, on the surface is chaos
Tiny craters splash on and on and
Under water all is not quiet, just constant
But when we emerge the hail begins
It stings our bodies as the lightning strikes
Every inch of skin and all points on the compass
Thunder fills our ears the ice stings but it can't get us
The lake protects us, we protect us