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August by Rilo Kiley

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Rilo Kiley

August

Release date: 30th July 2001

From Take Offs and Landings
Track 5
3:19
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About This Track

'August' by Rilo Kiley is an alternative track from the album 'Take Offs and Landings', released in 2001. The lyrics cast a tense, romantic distance, with an insistence on reunion and a refusal to let the separation have the last word, culminating in the image of meeting again “beyond the stars”. The song’s phrasing moves like an argument with fate, one that keeps returning to the question of whether the speaker has declared their commitment too early.

"August" is a track by Rilo Kiley, from the album Take Offs and Landings, released 30th July 2001. The track is 3:19 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Rilo Kiley.

About the Artist

Rilo Kiley

Rilo Kiley

Lyrics

August

August
I'll see you soon
Under yellow moons
Where i'll gather what's left of you

And august
I'm on your side
Or did i speak too soon
Now we cross the great divide

Someday we'll meet beyond the stars and it'll be
Away from here
Someday we'll meet beyond the time and the bars and it'll be
Away from here

August
August of last year
Before the leaves disappeared
Told me you were not the one

August
Something in your eyes
Or was it that you lied
Told me not to take it to heart

Someday we'll meet beyond the stars and it'll be
Away from here
Someday we'll meet beyond the limits of who we are and it'll be
Away from here

Someday we'll meet beyond the stars and it'll be
Away from here
Someday we'll meet beyond the land that you call miles away
Away from here

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Track details

From Take Offs and Landings

3:192001
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Take Offs and Landings
Take Offs and Landings
Rilo Kiley
31st July 2001
Track number
5
Release year
2001
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    3:34
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    5:43
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