Summertime withers as the sun descends
He wants to kiss you. Will you condescend?
Before you wake and find a chill within your bones

Under a fine canopy of lover's dust and humourous bones
Banish all dismay
Extinguish every sorrow

Eternity stinks, my darling. That's no joke
Don't waste your precious time pretending you're
heartbroken

There will be tears and candles
Pretty words to say
Spare me lily-white lillies

With the awful perfume of decay
Banish all dismay
Extinguish every sorrow

If I'm lost or I'm forgiven
The birds will still be singing
It's so hard to tear myself away

Even when you know it's over
It's too much to say.
Banish all dismay

Extinguish every sorrow
If I'm lost or I'm forgiven
The birds will still be singing