Pitcher of Summer
Kayo Dot Lyrics

One morning, before the leaves began changing
On a particular morning, happened just before the fall season when trees started shedding their leaves.

I caught a piece of summer and poured it into a pitcher;
The singer collected and bottled a feeling of warmth and joy associated with summertime.

This I placed in the cellar on a shelf collecting dust .
The singer kept the pitcher containing the essence of summer in a storage room gathering cobwebs and neglect.

Autumn, then winter, rose up from the sea, and my Garden was a garden filled with unbroken snow.
The passing of time brought about changes in seasons, from fall to winter, and the garden that was once lively with plants was now buried under uninterrupted snow.

No flower strained its face to the ice giants' whisper, No life coloured the vision of a newborn Spring babe.
The freezing climate prevented flowers from blooming and even the idea of the new life sprouting in Spring seems unlikely.

My cellar-water dripping into a pail
The water from the cellar where the pitcher was kept was dripping into a bucket.

And I lifted my piece of summer Like a piece of memory or a dream
The singer took out the pitcher and handled it carefully as if it were a precious memory or a surreal dream.

Like these, caught on film And carried it to the garden floes, The wind turning drifting stars to madness.
Similar to photographs or moving images captured on film, the bottled essence of summer was taken to the snow-covered garden where the wind was making the falling snowflakes swirl like crazy stars.

Poured forth gracefully, this theric tincture Lifts winter's coat-of-arms with coaxing aromas and electricity.
As the pitcher's contents are gently poured out, its ethereal essence seeps into the surroundings, filling the winter season with comforting scents and a stimulating energy.

Used with vigilance, a Pitcher of Summer stirs a memory into swooning, And bravely, the flowers of the past will stretch their limbs into the sky While snow falls quietly all around.
If used carefully and thoughtfully, the pitcher's essence can awaken memories and emotions associated with summer, and the flowers that once thrived in the garden will courageously strive to bloom, even when surrounded by snow.