[Verse 1]Opening scene: there are cups on the table, and music bleeds out of a shitty TVYou lie on the couch wrapped in pieces of starlight, impossibly glowing—an omen that i couldn't see[Verse 2]Slowly we fade to a day in the tropics, the sound of your voice singing soft through the wiresYour words tumble out and stand still for a decade; my answer still rings somewhere deep in the back of my head[Chorus 1]It's that time of year where dreams start falling downAnd all you had to do was try not to jumpTattered mistletoe; the movie stopsBut we all know how it ends, and we watch it anywayIt's just that time of year[Verse 3]View of the world from the back of a towncar: our heroes are safe from the worst of the stormA lingering shot of your face in the doorway—a silence that said so much more than our words ever could[Verse 4]Flash forward to summer; we run down the street as we shine in dystopian spurs of the nightYou ask me to stay and I run through the alley; in hindsight, the single most pivotal scene of our lives[Verse 5]Fly overhead as we hike down the mountain; I tell you the truth and you stare at the groundNow you're sitting in thought as I sleep on the airplane… the credits begin as we move from the gates to real life[Chorus 2]It's that time of year where dreams start falling downAnd all I had to do was know what I wantShattered ornaments; the movie stopsBut we all know how it ends, and we watch it anywayIt's just that time of year[Coda]You say you want to stay the sameI wish that i could say that too…The curtain's closed, the countdown's doneIt's clichés and carols, or it's frozen homesIt's designer heartache 'til you're all aloneIt's a bedtime story, but the darker german kindAnd we could start all over but we all know how it ends
