Christmas Lights

(album: St. Leonards - 2018)

Light me up with all the Christmas lights
The green the red the flashing suburban ritual sights
String me up in late December
And I will hurt you if you ever take me down
It must have been just like a boulder
Sitting on your neck that stopped you looking round
I cut your peaks, skimmed your lows
Runway signals baby welcome home

The trains roll out, the cars roll in
The driveways empty, alone again
But your names in the hat so you gotta fight
You're turning on the Christmas lights tonight

I lost the angel on my shoulder
Put up the two-man tent in the lounge room overnight
It's February in a vacuum
And I will show you how to grieve without a sound

The trains roll out, the cars roll in
The driveways empty, alone again
But your names in the hat so you gotta fight
You're turning on the Christmas lights

It's March and they're not coming down any time soon
I want you to know that I'm always beside you
The way that it works is I knew you'd come around
See me for what I didn't do, see me how you do now

So when the trains roll out and the cars roll in
I'll be swimming in the people that wouldn't let me in
It was a stone cold knockout even before you hit the ground
And every day feels like Christmas, I got what I wanted now

So light me up with all the Christmas lights
Set me up without a single second thought
And by the time I catch my breath
Maybe the serpent round my neck
Will be sombre and be still
Because from now on I will

Because from now on I will
Because from now on I will
Because from now on I will
Because from now on I will