My body exploded on a cold summer day in San Francisco
It evaporated into the fog
Light from the streetlamps refracted through me
And in the morning I was gone
But I came back,

I died in a sea of red
(Vermillion Summer)
And you were there
(Vermillion Summer)
The pressure cracked open my head
(Vermillion Summer)
My life left my body like it was air
(Vermillion)

The smell of coffee hit me first in the morning
Second was my friend Joãos hand
I think he knocked something loose within me
Like dominoes falling on command

And throughout the rest of the day I kept hearing
The sounds of pieces falling out of place
So as way to muffle the noise,
I layered up, so not to get in the way


Before I knew it I was rising
(Vermillion Summer)
‘Till my life met the air
(Vermillion Summer)
Water dripped from me like i was crying
(Vermillion Summer)
Water flowed from me like it was hair
(Vermillion)

There were clouds over the courthouse
On the day of the ceremony, so no light shined through
The window
But in all honesty it would have been superfluous anyways,
Cuz all you needed was these two in the same room
And you would have enough light to
Illuminate any campground, or country road,
any music hall, or movie screen,
Any wick or candle,
Almost anything
My skin slowly started to turn red
As their light only grew more and more
But I didn’t mind the pain because of the sight of these two so in love
Was soothing, I just stared as they stood together
Hands entangled,
Estranged, enough, together
Illuminating the same room
Or beacons pulling one back to the other
They shined brighter than an atom bomb
And in it I was gone

They blasted me into the sea
(Vermillion Summer)
I didn’t get to bring anything
(Vermillion Summer)
But it didn’t matter to me
(Vermillion Summer)
Cuz I left my body, left everything
(Vermillion)

We shared with each other what parts made us cry
As we drank rosé
We shared with each other who we are
In the setting hours of the day
We stuck our fingers into the sand
And it held us tight
We talked about when we would grow old
Out of love or out of spite

I was scared that our futures would splinter
But I kept it quiet
I let their happiness flood over me
No need to say goodbye yet

The sunset shined through me
(Vermillion Summer)
Like magnified light through an ant
(Vermillion Summer)
I photosynthesised and sprouted
(Vermillion Summer)
My own legs to stand
(Vermillion)
And I needed that
Things will never change
Life becomes estranged
Things will never change
Life becomes estranged
Things will never change
Life becomes estranged
Find me in the rain
Life becomes estranged
We'll begin again
Life becomes estranged
Find me in the rain
Life becomes a estranged
Things will never change
We'll begin again
Life becomes