by Jack Hastings and Spencer Kimball
Why does every song with a broken heart
Start on an empty moonlit road
With a “she done me wrong”
And “he cheated on me”
Everybody knows how that song goes
But you had to be different
You were always somewhat strange
So you dressed yourself in flowers
Made me your meal
Oh, how easy that was to arrange
Chorus
When the midsummer sun
Is straight up in the sky
It’s gonna burn all of your memories away
All the bad ones and the good ones
And the ones in between
Do you really want to start with a blank slate?
I can’t believe the lies
That we told ourselves
Just to keep another day afloat
I could see the tension in the corners of your eyes
You were lightning, you were ready to bolt
But how could I believe it
In this sultry paradise
The wrong breath might blow this dream away
But I felt it in the earth and the secrets unspoken
This was much more than a Summer holiday
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Time doesn’t come with a guarantee
That one day is the same as the next
Or that a heart that once promised
Will always be true
If you believe that, my dear, you’ve failed the test
Choked into silence is the same as a goodbye
Or at least it is the best that I can do
The hard midsummer sun
Fading into shadows
Is a solace that I gladly give to you
@sheilerk Feb 2022
Some really nice similes and metaphors that build to an interesting take on the breakup song.