The Long Season

Lyrics: Dyon Music: Dyon [Verse 1] Late August does this thing with the light Turns everything gold before it goes You were reading by the window again Bare feet, one curtain moving slow

I made coffee neither of us finished You hummed something I didn't recognize I thought about asking what the song was Then decided I'd rather just watch you be alive

[Pre-Chorus] Something's ending but I can't locate it Like a sound just past what I can hear I keep reaching for you in the same ways But my hands keep landing somewhere you're not there

[Chorus] We don't talk about after We don't say what we know I keep the window open all of September Hoping the season moves slow

You started leaving before you left That's the part that breaks me still The Long Season — beautiful and borrowed And I loved you past what I should feel

[Verse 2] Your gardenias on my kitchen table Third week now, starting to bow their heads You brought fresh ones every other Tuesday Now it's been ten days and these are almost dead

I notice things I didn't used to notice How long you hold a hug before you let go How you laugh a half second late these days Like the feeling has to travel from somewhere below

[Pre-Chorus] Something's ending but I can't locate it Like a sound just past what I can hear I keep reaching for you in the same ways But my hands keep landing somewhere you're not there

[Chorus] We don't talk about after We don't say what we know I keep the window open all of September Hoping the season moves slow

You started leaving before you left That's the part that breaks me still The Long Season — beautiful and borrowed And I loved you past what I should feel

[Bridge] I memorized the wrong things The Tuesday flowers The half-second laugh The way you hum without knowing

Should've memorized the warning signs Should've asked about the song But I was busy watching you be alive in a room that was already emptying

[Chorus / Outro] We don't talk about after We don't say what we know I kept the window open all of September The season still moved slow You started leaving before you left That's the part — that's the part The Long Season The Long Season already gone...