TRIBUNMANADO.COM - End of August adalah lagu Noah Kahan dari album The Great Divide yang dirilis pada April 2026.

Lagu ini terasa seperti surat cinta sekaligus keluhan terhadap kampung halaman, khususnya Vermont, tempat Kahan tumbuh.

Ia menggambarkan akhir musim panas, teman-teman lama, jalan yang sudah sangat dikenalnya, dan suasana kota kecil yang perlahan berubah.

Yang paling kuat adalah akhir Agustus sebagai metafora perubahan.

Berikut lirik lengkapnya:

Richie and Austen are often along for the ride
They don't say a lot, but they know every inch of this drive
If these trees started talkin', I bet you they'd only talk shit
'Cause we never do anythin' real, we just talk about it
Endin' of August, the bugs are just startin' to die
All the neighbors are votin' for someone who wins every time
And I thought gettin' older meant knowin' it's too late to try
And I tried gettin' sober, I swear I did bettеr this time
Uh, hm, oh, hm
Uh, hm, oh, hm
Uh, hm, oh, hm
Uh, hm, oh, ooh

Woah, everythin' you see out hеre will die
Oh, it's a matter of time
'Til it's fields of ice and reflector lights
'Til it's our town, mm

And anythin' you need, I will provide
A ride home or an alibi
I know the traffic light you can speed right by
'Cause the camera's down
And I follow New York plates to the county line
I ignore 'em when they wave on 89
The minute that September hits
I'm goin' off my medicine, oh
Late August angst and a pointless night
Oh, and the feelin' of being alive
For the first time in a long time
Drawin' of a place, oh, we're a photo on the fridge
They mined copper for years, oh, there was nothin' left to dig
It's a place where most kids just grow up and have kids
Who grow up and have kids who build homes for the rich

Oh, everythin' you see out here will die
Oh, it's a matter of time
'Til it's fields of ice and reflector lights
'Til it's our town
'Til it's our town
'Til it's our town
And it's ours now
'Cause it's ours now
05072
The long shadow over us

Sumber:

YouTube Noah Kahan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2ImEvbY6qY&list=RDX2ImEvbY6qY&start_radio=1

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