14 ContributorsSalem Sisters Lyrics

[Verse 1: Tyler Hyde]

Salad days aren't balanced

Laughter from below

As the conversations flow

And the bark that I traced

For to reach my final place

Estranges me

[Chorus: Tyler Hyde, Georgia Ellery & May Kershaw]

Happily (There's no use fearing what you said)

In a tree (It's all just the fuel on fire)

The fire beneath (And time will waste you anyway)

Bites at me

[Verse 2: Tyler Hyde]

Quail thighs grilled on both sides

There's a young man holding tongs

As the party sings along

To the song that I wrote

Of a pharaoh on a boat

[Bridge: Tyler Hyde]

But between the howls lie whispers

They hum like faint transistors

And conspire to light the cinders

Burn the tree for all to witness

Curtains for a Salem Sister

[Chorus: Tyler Hyde, Georgia Ellery & May Kershaw]

Happily (We heard you on the radio)

Up a tree (You're trapped right above the pyre)

As the fire beneath (Just pray the rain will come to pass)

Creeps up to me

Oh, as the leaves (There's no use fearing what you said)

Bend and breathe (It's all just the fuel on fire)

Ain't it plain to see (And time will waste you anyway)

Oh yeah, that’s what summer’s for