Party to Say Goodbye

Summer is at its height
And this night will be the shortest of the year
Everything is green
But fifteen is old enough to feel fear

And you and I feel it here
Just yesterday we met
And I forget how many days it's been since then
But I am leaving for lifetime

I am cut off at the stem
And the plane leaves at 10 a.m
And my friends are all drunk outside but I don't care
At this party to say goodbye we hide upstairs

On a bed that's just three feet wide
In the minutes before daylight
We don't have to act like we're not scared

We lock our hands, so small and white
While our eyes are dark and filling up with rain
We never kiss or really speak
We can only play that tape again

And again and again and again
Summer is unkind
It's the time when you forget each other's names
But I remember our burning tears

And how we felt the same
All the embers and the flame
My friends are all drunk outside but I don't care
At this party to say goodbye we hide upstairs

On a bed that's just three feet wide
In the minutes before daylight
We don't have to act like we're not scared
And the music will sing 'til dawn

As we gaze and we hold our tongues 'til we're lit by the loveless sun
And the night fades to dream 'til you're vanished and I am gone
And they strip this room clean
Tomorrow is just outside, it strides and tears
Through this party to say goodbye, and we cry upstairs
On a bed that's just three feet wide
Where it feels like the whole world died
But we don't have to act like we're not scared