Cuando Baja La Marea

Air, on this slow summer afternoon
Your memory is a faded photo
That the hours keep blurring
How hard it is to sketch your features
Noon after you left

Air, if your eyes were black figs
If your teeth were lemon wedges
I can't recall the arch of your brows
I can barely talk
About anything but your scent

The mind when the tide goes down
By pure instinct for survival
Tries to cauterize every trace
That love leaves behind

The mind when the tide goes down
Revealing the structure of pain
Activates a defense mechanism
So the heart doesn't drown

(Air)
I'm out of breath
(On this slow summer afternoon)
I can't describe you
(Your memory is a faded photo)
Barely outlined
(That the hours keep blurring)
Oh, no

(Air)
I try to sketch
(Your features but I can hardly do it)
No matter how hard I try
(How hard it is to recognize)
With all that we loved
(That you barely left a mark on me)

Air, now when the tide goes down
And the shipwreck is complete
What a shame