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Released 1/1/2026.
Duration: 3:57.

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Tracks that First Storm of Summer references:

• Time Keeps Marching by Circlejourney, Ucklin, and Waltz
• On the Wing by Owl City

Lyrics:

Gold yonder
Blue thunder
Ship hunter
Steal my heart
Black summer
Bright hunger
Come sunder
Rope and yard

Hark the call of a seabird chasing a whale
(I still recall the moment I was told my ship was out of sight of land)
Sailboats circle to starboard, tossed by the gale
(The mystical vibration when the ocean came to take me by the hand)
Grey is blooming across the sky, take the rail
(I'd leave my life behind me just to run to shore and leap right off the sand)
With the thunder looming over every booming sail
(To feel the floor careen beneath me, sweep me off my feet right where I stand)

Nothing is grander
Caught in the rancour
Drop every anchor
Guard your heart
Blue turns to amber
Burning like anger
Islands are torn apart

Summer storm, come tear through me
Carving a winding warpath to destiny
Oh, summer storm, bring the land to sea
Flooding drains and turning beaches
Your rain will set me free

Drift lighter, roll under
It's brighter close to the centre
Breathe harder, I wander
They'll never find me here

Hark the call of a seabird chasing a whale
Sailboats circle to starboard, tossed by the gale
Grey is blooming across the sky, take the rail
With the thunder looming over every booming sail
That is when it first feels real

Oh, summer storm, come tear through me
Carving a winding warpath to destiny
Oh, summer storm, bring the land to sea
Flooding drains and turning beaches
Your rain will set me free

Gold yonder
Blue thunder
Ship hunter
Steal my heart
Black summer
Bright hunger
Come sunder
Rope and yard

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Circlejourney ✑ Bandcamp credits blurb

References:

• Circlejourney - Time Keeps Marching
• Owl City - On the Wing

Lyric quotes:

• Herman Melville - Moby-Dick