There Goes Another Year

Oh, there goes another year
You are there and I am here
As we watch it fade away
What seemed so certain

In the darkness of December
As the fire turned from spark to ember
These are things I will remember
Now Christmas time is here
There goes another year

This is how it's gonna be
One for you and one for me
As we see it slip away now
Heaven help us

In the darkness of December
As the fire turns from spark to ember
These are things we will remember
Now Christmas time is here
There goes another year

What we say but do not mean
Every word and in-between
For every pothole in this town
There is someone falling down

So this is how it's gonna go
Life's too short and we're too slow
We have come to realise now
The bitter truth is

In the darkness of December
As our letters come returned to sender
There are things I won't remember
Now Christmas time is here
There goes another year

Now Christmas time is here
There goes another year

Christmas time is here
There goes another year

We all know the power
That stays in a flower
After its seasonal will
The countless distractions
And all these refractions
We all have a hole to fill