The Decemberists welcome summer with vivid natural imagery: blooming bulbs, birdsong, trees expanding like an empire. The song moves between outdoor scenes and domestic moments like hanging laundry and training jasmine vines, cycling through a refrain that celebrates the seasonal shift with an enthusiastic thank you.
<LYRICS>Here's a hymn to welcome in the day, heralding the summer's early sway, and all the bulbs all coming in to begin. Thrush's bleating battle with the wrens disrupts my reverie again.</LYRICS> Hanging clothing on the line. Training Jasmine how to vine up the arbor to your door. And more. Standing on the landing with the war you shouldered all the night before. Once upon a time, yellow Bonnets, garlands all along. You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song. Summer comes to Springville, Hillside Mall. Barely vibing in the trees. Spanding out its empire by degrees, and all the branches burst to blow. In the world, heaven sent this cardinal maroon to decorate our living room. Once upon a— yellow bonnets— garlanded lawn. I bring myself to ri-i-hi— I give my best to Springville Hill! panoply of sun. Summer comes, spring builds. Summer comes, spring builds. Yeah! Thank you!
