Cicada Summer in Illinois

Lyrics

Verse 1
Woke up to the hum of morning light
Thin shadows dancing on your easy chair
Pastel syrup dripping from the glass
The world is quiet somewhere

Chorus
Come back blue morning with your open hands
Wade through the clover just to understand
All that we gather in the silent fields
Will echo forever when the darkness yields

Verse 2
You traced paper figures on the window fog
Counting the halos in the maple leaves
I stitched every hope into a yellow scarf
Carried by the breath of July’s belief

Chorus
Come back blue morning with your open hands
Wade through the clover just to understand
All that we gather in the silent fields
Will echo forever when the darkness yields

Bridge
If you listen for the song in the trembling grass
You’ll hear all the stories the summer lets pass

Chorus
Come back blue morning with your open hands
Wade through the clover just to understand
All that we gather in the silent fields
Will echo forever as the darkness heals