Right Before the Change 

[Verse 1] The SUMmer’s BREATH is FADing SLOW, I WATCH the SKY turn GRAY beLOW. We PACKED our DREAMS in OLD suitCASEs, No TIME to STOP, no TIME to WAIT. The RAIN is SINGing ON the ROOF, A FINal NOTE we CAN’t reMOVE. I KNOW this TOWN will HOLD my NAME, But NOT the BOY I used to BE. [Pre‑Chorus] We THOUGHT we’d STAY forEVER YOUNG, We DREW our MAPS in RAIN and SUN. But NOW the HOURS SLIP aWAY, And NOTHing stays the SAME, I SAY. [Chorus] So LET it GO, LET the WIND take ME, Across the LINES I used to SEE. I’LL CARRY THIS SUMmer in my HEART, Even when the NIGHTS are COLD and DARK. Don’t ASK me WHEN I’ll COME back HOME, ’Cause I’M not SURE I’ll KNOW the WAY. This IS the MOMent, RIGHT beFORE the CHANGE, The LAST day OF the SUMmer RAIN. [Verse 2] The OLD bridge STILL remembers US, Our FOOTsteps FADING in the DUST. We WROTE our LIES on PARK bench SIDES, Now THEY’RE just WORDS the WIND deNIES. My BROther’S GONE, he TOOK the ROAD, While I was STILL beLIEVing in the OLD. Two DIFFERent PATHS from ONE beGIN, That’s HOW the STORY ENDS, I THINK. [Bridge] And IF you ASK me WHAT I’LL MISS the MOST, It’s NOT the PLACES—it’s the FEELING we LOST. The WAY the SUN would HIT the TREES, Like GOLDEN KEYS to MEMories. So HOLD this SECond, DON’t let it BREAK, Before the WORLD goes DARK and QUIET. We’LL keep the SUMMER in our HEARTS, Until we MEET again, some DAY. [Chorus] So LET it GO, LET the WIND take ME, Across the LINes I used to SEE. I’LL CARRY THIS SUMmer in my HEART, Even when the NIGHTS are COLD and DARK. Don’t ASK me WHEN I’ll COME back HOME, ’Cause I’M not SURE I’ll KNOW the WAY. This IS the MOMent, RIGHT beFORE the CHANGE, The LAST day OF the SUMmer RAIN. [Outro] The RAIN will STOP, the SKY will CLEAR, But SUMmer’s GONE—I FEEL it HERE. Just ONE more BREATH, just ONE more LOOK, Then TURN the PAGE and CLOSE the BOOK.