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Co-written by Kahan and The National\u2019s Aaron Dessner, the song begins with the buzzing of summer bugs, where he invites the listener to his home state of Vermont and explains how things change even when they seem the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Noah Kahan - End of August (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X2ImEvbY6qY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The End of Summer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kahan narrates the end of summer with anecdotes about doing nothing in a small town. Though the memories appear banal, they grow into a life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His friends talk about doing something, but never get around to doing much of anything. And the neighbors who vote in elections keep electing the same politicians, which feels like a metaphor for the same ennui that drives the kids to endless boredom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Richie and Austen are often along for the ride,<br>They don\u2019t say a lot, but they<\/em><em>\u2005know<\/em><em>\u2005every inch of<\/em><em>\u2005this drive.<br>If these trees started talking,<\/em><em>\u2005I bet you they\u2019d only talk sh*t,<br>\u2019Cause we never do anything real, we just talk about it.<br>Ending of August, the bugs are just starting to die,<br>All the neighbors are voting for someone who wins every time.<br>And I thought getting older meant knowing it\u2019s too late to try,<br>And I tried getting sober, I swear I did better this time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The irony of the tedium is that everything eventually changes. Many view summer as a season of hope. Then fall arrives, and all the unfulfilled plans are abandoned like a tree dropping its dead leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Oh, everything you see out here will die,<br>Oh, it\u2019s a matter of time.<br>Till it\u2019s fields of ice and reflector lights,<br>Till it\u2019s our town.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Late August Angst<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While all this may sound dreary, there is a glimmer of hope in Kahan\u2019s song. Musically, it feels like Americana Coldplay. It\u2019s a folk song that hints at being some kind of evolution hymn. But where Chris Martin often lives in an endless state of childlike wonder, Kahan remains sober. He\u2019s taking despair head-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Late August angst and a pointless night,<br>Oh, and the feeling of being alive,<br>For the first time in a long time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the great divide here may be generational. But it\u2019s also the threshold between the past and what lies ahead. Kahan describes the growing pains of growing up, learning to let go, and knowing when it\u2019s time to finally leave, even if leaving is only temporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Sacha Lecca\/Rolling Stone via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noah Kahan opens his latest LP The Great Divide with \u201cEnd Of August\u201d. Co-written by Kahan and The National\u2019s Aaron Dessner, the song begins with the buzzing of summer bugs, where he invites the listener to his home state of Vermont and explains how things change even when they seem the same. 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