December Dark - Matthew Sweet

December dark, the leaves have long since fallen

The barren branches are all done, the days unwind without sun

December dark, the air so cold around me

My eyes so old, I can’t see, my fears grow older than me

December dark, my roots start reaching downwards

Their vines are twisted around my lines

Then when the clouds part

That’s where my mind blooms, I know I’m no longer December dark

Then when the clouds part, we start anew, there’s no other way I know

Seasons to seasons cut since long ago

When it comes around again, my hurts will bend like a bow

To shoot an arrow in the stone, arrow in the stone

It will soon be back, December dark

It will soon be back, December dark

And it will soon be back, December dark

And it will soon be back, December dark

December dark, December dark

It will soon be back, December dark