Cold December - Matt Costa

I’ve been waiting, pacing along the halls

Ever since you left here

I’ve been cleaning, scrubbing the plates

And weeding out the garden dear

I can’t fall asleep to your mystery

Slowly blowing from the shore

I have not failed to be what you’d expect of me

Swallowing glass just to stay pure

All the birds are heading down south

But you’re staying up north you say

I’ve got jackets, blankets, and sheets

It’s going to be a cold December

It could be warm you see, a statue next to me

Swimming away from ice and snow

Could I have failed to see the signs in front of me?

Warning and flashing symbols, subtle and simple I couldn’t see

I couldn’t see

If only time could slow down, maybe I could come up

It’s such a cold December

It’s such a cold December

It’s so cold

I can’t fall asleep to your mystery

Slowly blowing from the shore

I have not failed to be what you’d expect of me

Swallowing glass just to stay pure

Summer’s come and summer has gone

Your Christmas cards can’t comfort me

You’ve found new friends and tied all the ends

It’s freezing in the loneliest winter

It could be warm you see, a statue next to me

Swimming away from ice and snow

Could I have failed to see the signs in front of me?

Warning and flashing symbols, subtle and simple I couldn’t see

I couldn’t see

If only time could slow down, then maybe I could come up

It’s such a cold December

It’s such a cold December

It’s so cold