Ghost of Summer

from Euphoric Ouroboric by David Wax Museum

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The ghost of summer
In her slumber
Moving sound through liquid heat

Her empty pools
All these new rules
And promises we cannot keep

Does it matter
How we flatter
Some dark dream that’s meant to die

So parched
Our blinkered hearts
Can’t be ever satisfied

Chorus
All the misbehavers doing her no favors
Hearts worn out so down and low
Holding onto sorrows, fading to tomorrows
Have we lost all self-control?

Our bitterness is ripe, keeps us up all night
Memories of summer past
Honey, please don’t fight it, you can squeeze inside it
Come on through the hourglass

Human nature
Is a stranger
To the notion of a pause

We hitched a ride
To this landslide
Closed our eyes and clenched our jaws

Mother Earth
In her rebirth
Caterpillars on the leaf

Ghost of summer
Like the mother
Only rain brings her relief

Just like that
The year went flat
Now can’t tell any day apart

Go to places
See no faces
Someone’s dream got left ajar

Here in limbo
Half-open window
With the cosmos drifting in

Ancient words
The songs of birds
Ghost without and ghost within

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from Euphoric Ouroboric, released April 16, 2021
David Wax - jarana jarocha, electric guitar, vocals

Suz Slezak - fiddle, vocals

Alec Spiegelman - woodwinds, piano, cowbell, bass synth, production, mixing

Jordan Wax - accordion

John Hadfield - percussion

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David Wax Museum Charlottesville, Virginia

Pioneering indie folk musicians David Wax and Suz Slezak are the plucky husband-wife duo behind the eclectic, exuberant “Mexo-Americana” band David Wax Museum based in Charlottesville, VA. First reaching national acclaim with a show-stopping debut at the Newport Folk Festival, the band has built a reputation around energetic, heartfelt live shows and sonically adventurous albums. ... more

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