New December

Someone plays and his love sings along

It's all she can do to remember the song

So she makes up words

That he feels he's heard

Leaving footprints they won't see again

A self imposed exile but why not pretend

The nostalgia burns

Like the bridge they burned

So goodbye summer

It's all snow tomorrow

But before we're away

Let's pray for the new December

She makes him laugh and he laughs like a child

Who would have thought laughter could grow in the wild

But they feel at home

In the great unknown

And it's only the weather

That shapes their forever

And grants them this day

To pray for the new December

They held in their hands the keys to the underground

But they sold it for daylight

Now she's holding his hand as he tells her she can keep the crown

With her back towards the kingdom she looks like a queen tonight

He shakes his head at the words that she sings

Those same words betrayed both the coup and the king

Just the day before

All for love for sure

Now the winter's screaming

And the last boat's leaving

But before we're away

Let's pray for the new December