Another grey December downtown afternoon
Walking the streets, can’t seem to take my mind off you
The season doesn’t feel like how it used to be
It’s much less frigid than what’s in my memory, my memory
Another grey December, raindrops hit the ground
Sometimes I see the sunlight when you come around
The night strikes early and I don’t have much to say
So I pretend that I’m okay and lie awake, lie awake
I had heard that I should stop what I’m thinking
And try to reach for land but my heart is sinking
I promised that I would attempt to get over
But it’s been haunting me since the end of October
Another grey December making me so ill
I start to heal and then I’m stricken by the chill
Oh Aphrodite, take this arrow from my chest
The more I love her, the more anxious I will get, I will get
Another grey December, pining for the snow
I never feel so bad when it’s nineteen below
Oh Christ almighty, did you ever lose your scars?
Please tell me how so I stop wishing upon stars, upon stars
I had heard that I will never feel it back
And I am overwhelmed, can’t properly react
A last ditch effort if you never got the clue
I’d like to spend this grey December beside you
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