Northern Lights

Deep in December, the year has grown old

The days have grown dark and the nights have turned cold

And the hurts that we harbor, the debts that we owe

Are sleeping down under a blanket of snow

It covers the grasses, the bench in the park

The scars in the earth where man’s made his mark

And high in the sky there’s an unearthly glow

Like a miracle sent to delight us below

And all our cares seem immaterial

Beneath a light so ethereal

As if all our wrongs could be made right

Oh darling, under the Northern Lights

We wound and we’re wounded by the tiniest acts

We run from our ghosts and we cover our tracks

And we try to make up for mistakes that we’ve made

With presents and parties and Christmas parades

But I’m tired of the running, I’m taking my leave

And the fire’s burning low on this cold Christmas Eve

All that I have is this evening to spend

All that I want is to hold you again

To linger awhile in the mystery

To know the gift that’s been given me

Just to lie beside you this Christmas night

Oh darling, under the Northern Lights