Perfect Plastic Tree Lyrics

"We're going"

You start the car and drive

The daylight's slowly fading to a cold winter's night by the fire

Funny how it works, that a heart made of ice can survive when it's hurt

Inside this house at Christmas time, expectations rising to a point of no return

And it leads to us, divided from the start of the dinner, there's no winner, there is only crash and burn

So can you pass the salt

And maybe pour the wine

On your side of the table next to long forgotten times

Of a happy family, of how we used to be

But needles started falling from our perfect plastic tree

"It's over"

Time for curtain call

We bow our heads and pray for the morning to resolve what is broken

And gently swept away, pieces of the candle still burn bright on Christmas Day

Into the night, another war to fight

The table that was waiting with the dinner left behind and we're picking up where we took off

Left-overs cutting closer to the edge of the knife.

So can you hit the light

And maybe turn the sheets

On your side of the bed there is a cold I can feel

It's freezing you and me, our love that used to be

But branches started dying of our perfect plastic tree

So won't you hit the light

And maybe close the door

Don't want you next to me, I won't share this bed no more

Give me some room to breathe

A peaceful christmas eve

The roots forever perished from our perfect plastic tree