a cold december

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

i cant 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

it's freezing in the loneliest winter
it could be warm you see, a statue next to me 
swimming away from the 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
if only time could slow down, then maybe i could come up
it's such a cold december