Popsicles-Emily Kinney

[00:11.293] Indian summer, how much more can I take? [00:14.122] I'm begging for the heat to break [00:16.504] My throat is parched, my skin is red [00:19.154] Fan blowing on my face in a sweat-soaked bed [00:22.128] Fall is a daydream from when I was young [00:24.787] Backpacks, bonfires, cool in the sun [00:27.771] Crickets and kisses beneath the moon [00:30.329] Sneaking upstairs to my bedroom [00:43.924] If I could take back just one thing [00:46.615] I'd rewind to the last day of spring [00:49.399] You held my hand and squeezed it hard [00:52.226] We walked until the streets got dark [00:55.024] Gave me some new book to read [00:57.494] Sayin' I hope you find what you need [01:00.321] And just like that we're the broken-hearted [01:03.266] Just like that my fever started [01:11.100] And the green grass turned to sand [01:14.155] The sky filled with a haze [01:16.917] We thought we wanted freedom [01:19.257] But what we got were these dog days [01:22.895] And our lonely hearts are lazy [01:25.209] Sipping a stranger's salty kiss [01:28.012] Begging for a body [01:30.206] We'll take anything we can get [01:38.935] Labor Day weekend, 90 degrees [01:41.569] A bottle of beer between my knees [01:44.304] A smoke, a sigh, a sideways glance [01:47.163] He's not the type to ask me to dance [01:49.898] Not the type to hold my hand [01:52.496] But he once played in some famous band [01:55.567] An empty pool, we both take a dive [01:58.068] We leave that party for a drive [02:00.779] But his hands are like sandpaper [02:03.536] His eyes are dark and dull [02:06.280] Months of dehydration have really taken their toll [02:11.555] And our tangled torsos tighten [02:14.083] As we're movin' out and in [02:17.191] He leaves before the traffic [02:19.889] And I'm burning up again [02:22.903] And I'm angry when he leaves me [02:25.376] I love, they love me not [02:28.281] Popsicle to my temples [02:30.764] I'm so ****ing hot [02:33.483] And I'm frustrated forever [02:36.257] About the air that hangs around [02:39.383] Waftin' around my apartment [02:41.736] I can't cool down [03:39.659] Indian summer, how much more can I take? [03:44.801] Just waiting for... [03:49.680] The heat to break