Stephan Jenkins seems to remember fondly the Summer times of someone he lost. The song could be a reference to the way someone would feel if their life were a Summer Town.
Lyrics: "Hey where'd everybody go? Everyone I know has flown the coast"
His friends have moved away and moved on from the summer towns of youth.
"Shiver in the wind it shows. All I have are summer clothes"
When he tries to move on, he can't. This line suggests that he can't move and even if he wanted to move (and i think he does) he can't because he'll just shiver in his summer clothes. He can only fit in one place.
"Oh and it brings me down when it's winter time in a summer town. All we are are friends we keep or lose in time. Fade away, the precious ones we keep in mind. I wonder now it I'm the one that you'd leave behind"
The winter time image shows what he's feeling. He has no element besides being a person in a summer town. At the same time he is subject to having his friends fade away because of their distance and time. But his friends go through the same thing, this is that realization.
"I told you everything I knew in one manic rushing line. I wonder now if I'm the kind that you'd leave behind"
He took a chance. And now he questions his choice. This is my favorite line of the song.
"I go down like the sun. You know What I mean."
He knows that even when the sun goes down, it comes back up. And we know that too, somehow he knows that either he is going to change, or she/his friends are going to come back.
"After Halloween. Can we stay together. I'm losing everyone. And I come undone. Nothing lasts forever. Last summer's done. Can we find another one. Find another one"
After Halloween he referenced everything fading, now he wants to stay together so she won't fade in his mind. This will have to happen in another summer.
Outro rap: This song is played in such a way that it sounds like a summer song, but the lyrics seems to harrowing. This rap continues the direction of the song, but it provides closure and eventually a conclusion. He starts by mentioning the bungalow and a memory of her. He ends by forgetting his keys (maybe even forgetting how to get back to the good summer times in the bungalow with the girl).
"And I was never able to reach her"
I do wonder what the "alright" at the end means...
Stephan Jenkins seems to remember fondly the Summer times of someone he lost. The song could be a reference to the way someone would feel if their life were a Summer Town.
Lyrics: "Hey where'd everybody go? Everyone I know has flown the coast"
His friends have moved away and moved on from the summer towns of youth.
"Shiver in the wind it shows. All I have are summer clothes"
When he tries to move on, he can't. This line suggests that he can't move and even if he wanted to move (and i think he does) he can't because he'll just shiver in his summer clothes. He can only fit in one place.
"Oh and it brings me down when it's winter time in a summer town. All we are are friends we keep or lose in time. Fade away, the precious ones we keep in mind. I wonder now it I'm the one that you'd leave behind"
The winter time image shows what he's feeling. He has no element besides being a person in a summer town. At the same time he is subject to having his friends fade away because of their distance and time. But his friends go through the same thing, this is that realization.
"I told you everything I knew in one manic rushing line. I wonder now if I'm the kind that you'd leave behind" He took a chance. And now he questions his choice. This is my favorite line of the song.
"I go down like the sun. You know What I mean." He knows that even when the sun goes down, it comes back up. And we know that too, somehow he knows that either he is going to change, or she/his friends are going to come back.
"After Halloween. Can we stay together. I'm losing everyone. And I come undone. Nothing lasts forever. Last summer's done. Can we find another one. Find another one" After Halloween he referenced everything fading, now he wants to stay together so she won't fade in his mind. This will have to happen in another summer.
Outro rap: This song is played in such a way that it sounds like a summer song, but the lyrics seems to harrowing. This rap continues the direction of the song, but it provides closure and eventually a conclusion. He starts by mentioning the bungalow and a memory of her. He ends by forgetting his keys (maybe even forgetting how to get back to the good summer times in the bungalow with the girl).
"And I was never able to reach her"
I do wonder what the "alright" at the end means...