August Breaking Apart

August Breaking Apart lyrics

Intro

Clean hands on the strings
Same chair, same stain

Verse 1

Every day at four-fifteen
I hear your keys in the hall
Then the fridge hum cuts me open
And I stand there, staring at the wall
Mug ring by the sink still there
Your name in the dust on the shelf
I miss you like a habit
Like I don't know how else

Pre-Chorus

The room gets thin
The air goes blue
I check the clock
Like it'll change for you
My chest goes tight
My throat goes dry
I keep that minute
Alive, alive

Chorus

August breaking apart
August breaking apart
At four-fifteen
You tear my heart
August breaking apart
August breaking apart
I hear your name
And fall apart

Verse 2

Yellow receipt in my coat
Your watch face cracked in the drawer
I leave it right where you left it
Like you'd come back through that door
The corner store on the block
Still sells the gum you used to buy
I walk past slow every evening
Acting like I'm passing time

Pre-Chorus

The light goes low
The house leans in
That stupid old clock
Starts up again
I breathe you in
I let it hit
And every day
I miss you in it

Chorus

August breaking apart
August breaking apart
At four-fifteen
You tear my heart
August breaking apart
August breaking apart
I hear your name
And fall apart

Breakdown

Four-fifteen
You know where I am
Four-fifteen
I'm back in your hands
(Back in your hands)
Four-fifteen
I don't move on
I just keep waking
To what's gone

Outro

August breaking apart
Then it goes quiet
August breaking apart
And I survive it

Lyrics © Boulevard. Written for Sunday Monroe, an AI artist.