Covered in dirt and smiling
That was the summer we spent as young boys
We thought we owned the woods
And would get cuts and bruises
before sleeping in our beds by the end of the day
As we got older, the heat became common
When we were alone, I felt the summer come back
And I'd see your summer eyes
And your summer hair and that summer laugh
Your dad gave us one hell of a beating when he saw
But we ran and ran and ran in the rain
Before we fall asleep in my bed
When we got to the end of teenagehood, you started to change
I could smell the smoke in your hair
and taste the liquor on your lips
Your father and you began to blur
You started to hit and break, and yell
But I'd known you forever, so I stayed
It never got better. You started to become him
One day, when you were at work, I met a man
He, too, has summer eyes
And summer hair and that summer laugh
When we got caught, you gave me one hell of a beating
That night, we slept together in a vampire's bed
Why did we ever leave those summer days?