Dismantling Summer

I'm pulling wings off insects

I'm peeling back my sunburnt skin

I'll wait outside your bedroom

I hope they let me in

I'm filling your prescriptions

The orange bottles stare me down

They're standing at attention

An army on your windowsill

We're all waiting for good news

Hoping you can come home soon

We're all waiting for good news

I've been acting like I'm strong

But the truth is, I've been losing ground

To a hospital too crowded,

A summer winding down

I hadn't seen a heartbreak until now

I hadn't felt a heartbreak until now

I grew up on your back porch

And I watched the storms light up the clouds

They hung like paper lanterns

To guide the way back toward your house

I've been putting off long flights

Hoping that you'll be all right

And I'll be there in the meantime

I've been acting like I'm strong

But the truth is, I've been losing ground

To a hospital too crowded,

A summer winding down

I hadn't seen a heartbreak until now

I hadn't felt a heartbreak until now

If I'm in an airport

And you're in a hospital bed

Well, then, what kind of man does that make me?

If I'm in an airport

And you're in a hospital bed

Well, then, what kind of man does that make me?

If I'm in an airport

If I'm in an airport

What kind of man does that make me?

What kind of man does that make me?

I've been acting like I'm strong

But the truth is, I've been losing ground

To a hospital too crowded,

A summer winding down

I hadn't seen a heartbreak until now

I hadn't felt a heartbreak until now

Hadn't felt a heartbreak until now

Hadn't felt a heartbreak

Oh the hospital's too crowded

The summer's winding down

I haven't seen a heartbreak until now

Well I haven't felt a heartbreak until now