The End Of Summer

The days are getting shorter and the night air's coming colder

And the smell of fallen leaves afire burns inside my lungs

There's a time when all the pasture begins to bathe in amber

And like everything in life and love, the year has got to fade

And the end of summer comes to take us all

The end of summer teaches us to fall

My friends all left my hometown, and left Kate and I to learn

That the quicker that you build a house, the more it wants to burn

There's a candle on the table to remind us how to pray

When the light can't hold up to the dark the spark remains the same

And the end of summer takes us by the hand

The end of summer teaches us to stand

Oh the days of open grace

Of fleeting innocence

Remembering just how simple life is

The days are getting shorter and the night air's coming colder

And the season that we thought would last a year has come to fall

The chill that's on the window will be here by tomorrow

And tomorrow will invite us to decide to understand

That the end of summer comes to turn to dust

The end of summer teaches us to love

The change of seasons is good for me, but I resist it to no end. I got all introspective tonight and came possibly the closest I've ever felt to baring it out in one sitting.