From the recording Exhale
With a booming kick drum and Americana sound reminiscent of The Lumineers, "August Passes" relies on guitars and cello to bring a melancholy but hopeful reminder to be in the moment.
With Britt Connors - vocals, acoustic guitar; Andrew Stern - guitar; Ed Lucie - bass, harmony vocals; Bethany Weiman - cello, harmony vocals; Mike Connors - drums
Lyrics
Britt Connors and Ed Lucie - “August Passes”
Now the sky is painted like a fire
We say a long goodnight to the sun
All the crickets singing like a choir
Now they’re voice is down to one
Here in my mind it is already autumn
And I’m feeling a chill creepin’ in
Oh, August always passes too quickly
And I miss my days somehow
August always passes too quickly
And I keep forgetting about now
All the leaves falling from their trees
Did I notice that they’d changed
Harvest moon’s rising with an ease
It makes the silence sound so strange
I see my breath in the air of the morning
As the sun can’t resist its alarm
Oh, August always passes too quickly
And I miss my days somehow
August always passes too quickly
And I keep forgetting about now
I’m trying to hold on to something that is fleeting
Lost in my mind, worrying ‘bout time
I keep on missing and I keep on wishing away…
Counting days…
Instead of insisting on not resisting… standing still
Oh, August always passes too quickly
And I miss my days somehow
August always passes too quickly
And I keep forgetting about now