Salt on my knees from that day
Running through sprinklers, chasing time away
You appeared by the gate
Said,"The party's down the shoreline, running late
Tasted cherry lip gloss, sunburn on my cheek
Held your gaze by the bonfire, couldn't speak
August air thick with promise, heavy and sweet
Lived in borrowed freedom, skipping down the street
'Cause you weren't mine to lose
Just a name I called out in the blue
We were ghosts in borrowed rooms
Living truths untold
August slipped right through our hands
Just footprints in the sand
Found your shirt, faded ocean blue
Smelled like smoke and cheap cologne, something new
Drove past where streetlights disappear
Traded secrets whispered in my ear
You talked 'bout California like a spell
I traced constellations I knew so well
For a moment, endless, painted gold and red
Morning found us tangled, words unsaid
'Cause you weren't mine to keep, no
Just a secret summer let me reap
We were sparks in dying embers
Fragile things we couldn't hold
August slipped right through our hands
Just footprints in the sand
