Summer

Kilbey/Koppes/Powles/Willson-Piper
(Mushroom Music/Universal Music/Worldwater Music/Interference Music/Control)

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Sept. 25, 2005]

At the sea, in the sand
You were free to my hand
As we touched behind the wind
Left so much outside our skin

You never stay in all four dimensions
You never ever return when you're gone
One more summer in surf city
Solarized recollection

Well the sun and its rays
Are as one throughout space
And my mind's always on you
First a light, I'll break through

You never stay in all four dimensions
You never ever return when you're gone
One long summer in surf city
Solarized recollection

What a night to start writing about this
Tall palms grasp the summer clouds
And anchor the starless sky to the ground
Outside the ghosts with Jaguars and Impalas
Roll along the still warm roads
Leaving damp marks where they had passed

The air hisses as they go
It stands aside with a decided sigh
It reaches for their banks fleetingly
This night aches with memory

Additional lyrics are spoken on the downloadable file versions (AAC and WMA) available on the Forget Yourself DualDisc from Silverline:

And they say I choose a dream
And this cold, unprotected outerworld does not appeal to me
Bright lights and foggy halos offend her unreal nature
She shrinks back into your subconscious with a shudder
She leaves the faintest trace
Dissolves like sugar on your mind's tongue

An unreleased different take from the Forget Yourself sessions includes even more additional lyrics:

But there is something you need
Some slippery intrusion
Where the doors have been locked
Footsteps thinks she is here
Her present shadow is your own
Inextricably and unretractable
Her eyes look out
And her graceful fingers take the pill

The air hisses as they go
Stands aside with a decided sigh
Reaches for your back fleetingly
This night aches with memory

And they say I should listen to dream
This cold, unprotected outerworld does not appeal to her
The bright lights and the foggy halos offend her unreal nature
She shrinks back in your subconscious with a shudder
She leaves the faintest trace
Dissolves like sugar on your mind's tongue