Christmas Lights

Light me up with all the Christmas light
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 low
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

Its March and they're not coming down anytime 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 knock out 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