Story Behind the Song
inspired by a wily blonde and a late night viewing of victor seastrom's 1926 version of the scarlet letter.
Lyrics
verse 1
lillian won't let me see her.
i'm trying much to hard to please her.
she's got to let me in.
and I'll show her then.
chorus
lillian, remember summer with me?
now I'm vacant, empty, wanting you
and losing who I am.
lillian, just speak my name and we'll continue,
just the same as the summer.
verse 2
in the heat it grew anew,
she must've felt what I felt too.
when he's gone, I'll ask her again.
maybe she'll want me then.
chorus
lillian, remember summer with me?
now I'm vacant, empty, wanting you
and losing who I am.
lillian, just speak my name and we'll continue,
just the same as the summer.
bridge
i don't know how long it'll go on.
all I know is I'm not wrong.
verse 3
summer ends and he has gone away,
lillian cries and wishes he could stay.
but I reach out and call her name.
and in this dream, it's just the same.
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