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Timing and Lighting

by Summer

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NOT A LOVE SONG Lyrics by Summer I guess when they ask, That’s what we’ll say That we did it for love But we do it anyway Muted conversation So you pick up your pen And you make up a story Of what you think they meant All these vacant ideas Waste too much of my time Why don’t you bring the reason And I’ll bring the rhyme? (Chorus) It’s not a love song At least not like you think And by that, I don’t mean anything Everyone has a dream Everyone has a plan Of who they wanted to be Where they wanted to land Who cares where it comes from? Even less where it goes Who am I to argue With what everyone knows? (Chorus) It’s not a love song Well, not to me Unless, of course That’s what you want it to be It’s not a love song Not like you’d think And by that I don’t mean anything Faith, hope, and love Drive some people on Me, I’ll stay right on this bench And keep on playing my song I’ll do it for faith I’ll do it for hope I’ll even do it for love Even if it’s not my own (Chorus) It’s not a love song Well, not to me Unless, of course That’s what you want it to be No, It’s not a love song Not like you’d think And by that I don’t mean anything So I guess when they ask That’s what we’ll say That we did it for love But (truth is) we do it anyway
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TIMING AND LIGHTING Lyrics by Summer He’s not you I know it’s a cliché, but it’s true He’s not you He doesn’t kiss me like you do He doesn’t care for me like you He doesn’t tease me like you do I know we can’t be together now Or if we ever would I know we can’t be together now She’s not me I don’t know if you can see But she’s not me Does she hold you like I do? Does she kiss you between the eyes like I do? Would she always tell you the truth? I know we can’t be together now Or if we ever could I know we can’t be together now Life is just Timing and Lighting Life is all Timing and Lighting Now’s not the time for settling down The light falls away from us now I’m not on my knees I know when it’s time to leave I just wonder if you’d agree That we were a good team That we could’ve made it through anything Except for bad timing
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HAVE TO LEAVE Lyrics by Summer I have to leave I have to go Of what’s next I don’t pretend to know I ate the food I walked the streets talked to the people This city’s been good to me I’ve lived all over this country And If there’s one thing I know It’s that people don’t live in places They live in hearts and minds and souls You say that I just keep moving You say that I can’t keep still Would you say the same of the ocean waves? Or the clouds on a windy day? Or when the seasons change? Baby, you know my name I have to leave I have to go I wish I had the time To know you better Will you remember me As the girl with the crazy hair As adventure on the subway Or temptation Was I just temptation? I’m not trying to steal you away I just wanted a few kisses more But desire’s got nothin’ on virtue When you walk away Then you stay away So Goddamn the timing And goddamn the lighting Damn everything that keeps it All out of reach I have to leave I have to go It always ends like this I have to leave I have to go It always ends like this But it never ends Never really ends
4.
PINK ELEPHANTS Lyrics by Summer I will not forget Thrown babies at 4am And I will not forget How many times you broke that paddle on him Or a junked up house from bottom to top With little pathways for us to walk And I cannot forget the piano And the handcuffs And it’s alright It’s okay It don’t matter that much now anyway It’s alright and it’s okay It don’t matter that much Anyway It must have been hard To grow up with a mother like yours Please don’t think I haven’t thought of that before And I feel for you I mean, I really do But I feel for me too But it’s alright It’s okay It don’t matter that much now anyway It’s alright and it’s okay It don’t matter that much Anyway I got over it And I don’t know if you Need to get over it too But if you do This is me Forgiving you And it’s alright It’s okay It don’t matter that much now anyway It’s alright and it’s okay It don’t matter that much Anyway That faded book of my childhood Has long been closed From now on, I will not bring it up I will not discuss What only Pink elephants know And it’s alright It’s okay It don’t matter that much now anyway It’s alright and it’s okay It don’t matter that much Anyway
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Messed Up 03:16
MESSED UP Lyrics by Summer Baby, take my keys tonight Because I just can't drive You always take such good care of me And you know you treat me right (Chorus) You never tell me I am so messed up That I'm so messed up That I am so messed up You go out with other girls And I try to play it cool I know you'd never try to hurt me But sometimes, you do (Chorus) Still, you never tell me I am so messed up That I'm so messed up That I am so messed up (Bridge) And I know you know me well That's just a little too well For me Baby, take my keys tonight Because I just can't drive
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Close 03:04
CLOSE Lyrics by Will Richards I’ll be up until about tomorrow some time Hoping you’ll call in a favor or two And I would arrive and pile on the lighter side Make you smile your flossed smile wide You’d say hey and I’d be coy and make you Kiss me again and again and again, It’s true, I would It could be so simple you know Just give me a chance and I’ll smile, pretty And we’ll be close to what’s most important to me Yes, we’re close to what’s most important And you can smile at your moon It’s beautiful over and over and over again And so are you, and so are you, you said to me We missed the sunset, the sky, the smell and our ride And we’re missing each other when you’re on your inside I’m on your out, you’ve got your pride And I’m all torn up for all the wrong lines And we’re close to what’s most important to me Yes, we’re close to what’s most important The strings of your voice have been silent too long Don’t tell me I’m wrong ‘cause I’m right you’re strong But you’re so fragile, so subtle, so you, so I hope You can do what you need to do Your ride alone time and all I’ll be up until about tomorrow some time And I wouldn’t mind if you decided to call And we’ll be close to what’s most important to me Yes, we’re close to what’s most important
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Home 03:52
HOME Lyrics by Summer Check my pulse Am I still alive? Get your motorcycle, baby Let’s go for a ride Down country roads that wind Lined with beautiful trees wind on our arms and our legs I feel so free This place is so easy Everyone fell asleep Your poetry brings me to my knees The reason I’m leavin' Is what you love about me ‘cause after nine o’clock there’s just one place to eat I’m not hungry anyway, I’m just choking on my need For adventure, fun, spontaneity I just can’t stay here I’m sorry Your place Is in my heart No, you don’t rent You bought And I’m not going anywhere Anytime soon I might live on the road But my home Is with you Lacks imagination That’s what I’d mark on your card Not so much for your person But for where you are Yes, I’ll help you discover Shel Silverstein I can’t believe you never read him— But your dad was mean What I want more than anything Is to help you be… better We laughed when Jake said He moved into her I think I know what he meant he just used the wrong words He meant he’s never really alone anymore He doesn’t think of where he lives like he did before And my heart never needed a home It needed a door Your place Is in my heart No, you don’t rent You bought And I’m not going anywhere Anytime soon I might live on the road But my home Is with you
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Reason 03:23
REASON Lyrics by Summer I often wondered How she could leave I was five, my sister was four My brother was three I know that she was young But so were we And I don’t think any reason Could ever satisfy me My father was a native Of this land He told me of Great Spirits And destruction by the white man Two hundred years now And we’re still trying to get back up And I don’t think any reason Could ever satisfy us So many years gone by And now we’re grown The hurt in our hearts has dulled But still visits us when we’re alone She says, “There’s just so many things You couldn’t have known.” But I don’t think any reason How could any reason Is there any reason? Useless explanations Random collections of words I don’t think any reason How could any reason How could any reason Ever pacify her?
9.
Keep 02:45
KEEP Lyrics by summer You would keep me But I’m not the keeping kind I can’t leave you Like I left the others behind I’ve got strong hands You’ve got a sore back I think that this kind of thing might last You’ve got a taste for windows in june I’ve got a taste for you (Shhh) Don’t tell yourself And don’t you dare tell me (Shhh) There’s nothing I want more than to be yours To keep I would leave you But you’re not the leaving kind I don’t want to keep you Like I kept the others behind I’m of like mind Save your speech lines I know that now is a long time I don’t dare tell the wind which way to blow Sometimes I (just) want to know (Shhh) Don’t tell yourself And don’t you dare tell me (Shhh) There’s nothing I want more than to be yours To keep Every little leaving Unravels another thread I need to keep my artist hungry If I ever want to get Fed I would keep you But I’m not the keeping kind You weren’t mine for the keeping And neither was I I’ve got strong hands You’ve got a sore back I think that this kind of thing might I think this kind of thing I think this kind of thing might Last I want it to last I don’t want it to last (repeat)
10.
Blood 02:17
BLOOD Lyrics By Summer It gets so hard to manage all this blood It gets so hard to manage all this blood It’s hard to manage All this blood The casing’s always breaking And it’s easy to cut Easy to cut (then you just have) All this blood My life is liquid My veins are little streets It makes a mess It makes a mess Called me A mess called me So messy! Sticky! It makes a sound I hear it pounding in my ears You still make it boil After all these years All these years (My blood’s still boiling!) I was leaking And I didn’t even know Cued by the moon It just starts to flow It starts to flow It starts to flow It starts to flow Sometimes it’s red Sometimes it’s blue If I could, I would change my color too I would be red Then I would be blue And all the time I’d be coursing inside of you It get so hard to manage Sometimes I’m hard to manage too Sometimes I’m just so hard to manage Just like all that blood It’s hard to manage All this blood Can’t you feel it flowing Inside each of us It’s inside each of us (There’s just) All this blood
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Truth 03:55
TRUTH Lyrics by Summer The truth is still the truth Whether it’s known to you The least you could do Is make it known to me That soft plush rug No longer sinks beneath my feet Now it’s your magic carpet Carrying you away from me And who’s that riding next to you? Another silhouette in the breeze I can’t see her face But she looks a lot like me You say she’s a good muse for you I used to be your muse You say she’s a good muse for you I used to be your muse You are the muse of my eternity You are the muse of my eternity The truth is still the truth Whether it’s known to you

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This album was released along with a 300-piece series of poster-size paintings by Summer of abstract emotive female faces. www.SummerTheArtist.com

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released June 1, 2011

Summer-- vocals, keyboard, acoustic and electric guitars Henry Strange-- drums on “Timing And Lighting,” bass on “Pink Elephants” Jess Stroup-- electric guitar and organ on “Not A Love Song,” nasty electric guitar on “Keep, ” electric bass on “Have To Leave” and “Keep,” synths on “Have To Leave” and “Blood,” Wurlitzer, Ebow Steve Goldun-- upright bass on “Timing And Lighting” Brud Giles-- drums on “Keep” Laura Escude-- violin on “Truth” Joel Long-- electric bass on “Not A Love Song” All tracks produced by Henry Strange, except “Messed Up” produced by Jess Stroup. Executive producer, Bill Bauman. All songs written by Summer, except lyrics to “Close,” by Will Richards. Published by LossLess Publishing. Recorded in private studios, bedrooms, and closets in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Portland, OR, except vocals on “Pink Elephants” and drums on “Keep” tracked at Fremont Studios, Portland, OR. Mixed by Henry Strange. Mastered by Will Quinnell at Sterling Sound, NYC. Engineered by Nathanial Tate, Zachary “Bugz” Welcher, Matthias Lange, Kevin Sauter, Keith Brush, Brud Giles, Bill Bauman, Henry Strange, and Summer. Edited by Summer. Vocal direction by Claire Rupard. Photography by Henry Strange. Art direction and design by Summer. Front cover inspired in part by the digital artwork of Xilia Faye. Bill and Henry- Words are tiny, ridiculously inadequate containers to hold this much gratitude. Thanks for seeing what could be before it was. Jess- Thanks for always being there and sprinkling your amazing talent all over this album. Claire- Your expertise changed my life. You taught me to sing in multiple senses of the word. For lending impeccable ears: Pete Adams, Ceiri Torjussen, Brud Giles, “Q” Danskine, Jess Stroup For your support: Bill Haas & Becki Lott, The Kelloggs, Laura Escude, Stephen Bauman, Stewart Osborne, Shannon Proud, Lacinda Reisland, Marshall Oram, Keith Brush, Robert Kamunyori, Moti Scotti, Jeremy Gloff, Summer’s Family, Sue Murphy, Henry’s various incarnations of house-mates and everyone else who put us up or put up with us during the making of this album.

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