SUMMER SKIN

A brand new song in the midst of an album release cycle?! We’re breaking all of the rules 😜

What a wild 24 hours! Here is our entry in the WXPN #XPNSongChallenge, written and recorded in one day. The prompt was "summertime" - Erin and I worked side by side brainstorming some ideas and settled on writing about a summer relationship that you know won't last, but that is exhilarating all the same - and maybe even sweeter because of the brevity. We got most of it pieced together yesterday, then went to a fundraiser run event, and then reconvened this morning to finish and film this before our gig. Hopefully you like it and find something relatable hidden within 😊

©️ 2024 Erin Magnin & Michael Natrin, BMI

Verse 1

Summer solstice, looks like rain

Locking eyes on the longest day

Come together then move away

Summer solstice, looks like rain

Verse 2

Sweat bitter, sweet grass skin

Rush of blood when it begins

Feels like fire from way back when

In my periphery I can see the end

Pre-Chorus

You’re only mine like a summer night

Short and sweet and choking on the heat

Chorus 1

I’m in my summer skin

Just for a while

The autumn covets and is waiting in the wings

Fireflies in mid-July

Gone in an instant

Don’t you love the things you know will soon expire

Verse 3

Floating down the Delaware

Sun so hot but I don’t care

I’ll still smell your citrus hair

When we look back in 30 years

Pre-Chorus

Chorus 1

Chorus 2

I’m in my summer skin

Just for a while-----------

(Instrumental)

Outro

Sticking to the black-top

Trying to run but time’s stopped

Garden falls to sweet rot

The ending’s all that we got