December Lyrics

Faithless, beholden to memory

Memories of you in lifeless black and white

Ancient runes on the wall where it all went to hell

I wanted to tell you that everything's alright

I know I'm not at my best

I know I'm no good without any rest

But the last embers of REM are all sputtering to death

I know most dreams will get wrecked

I know the cost paid by cause and effect

How we're built to turn good things to poison in our breath

But it's all in the dose

I know

I'm cutting it close

Weighed down by the snow

So baby, let's dance

On broken glass

While we've still got a chance

Cuz the mood always passes

And we're back on our asses again

Faded, whims of the common rue

Painted like you and numbing on the tongue

Aphids, eating through trees like Langoliers

Burning my ears, they get em while they're young

I have some pills in my bag

I have some tea that will make us both gag

It's always an hour ahead and nine months stumbling back

I have my burdens to bear

I have a home in the pit of despair

I can see you on pavement, playing, stepping on a crack

It's always too cold, I guess that won't mean much to you

Just floating in hot toxic waste, what a view

I heard you could claw your way out, is it true?

That's what you should do…

I take my time on the street

I take a bite of a feast I can't eat

And what do I have at the end but a mouth too full to speak?

I take what's just out of reach

I take a shot and I'm slurring my speech

The world keeps on spinning and there's a new year in a week