It's a warm and sunny afternoon in July I look out of the bus's dirty window The man in the next seat smells of sweat I'll lean back and try to enjoy it
Suddenly the bus is slowing down I try to see why but the traffic ahead
There's a flower in a crack of the asphalt And the cars drive around it to let it grow It seems strange to me but somehow familiar
It's a warm and starlit summernight in July I look out through the diner's dirty window Order coffee that tastes like sour tea There's not much to do, my seat's plastic
A ragged woman with no shoes Limps through the diner's door She reaches for the lightswitch as fast as she can The place goes black and I wonder what for
There's a swarm of fireflies coming closer And they light up everything that was ever dark It is beautiful and strange but familiar