This Year

Press pause on the world, leaving everything suspended in its place Zoom in on the girl with the featureless expression on her face Stranded on the sidelines, keeping life at bay She's watching as the moments slip away This year, the summer and the fall just blew across her phone This year, every chance she had, she spent the day alone The fireworks and the countdown Sing Auld Lang Syne and cheer Will it all just be the same next year? It's nice on your own You can never get it wrong if you refuse to answer the phone To let anybody close enough to lose But all the time I'm waiting, I'm drifting out to sea And nobody can change the tide but me This year, the winter and the wind can blow the windows out This year, the voices in the dark can bawl, and scream, and shout But if I listen closely, there's someone I can hear The someone I could be this year Wide awake in the city tonight And the world is alive in the flickering light In the anticipation of the girl that you might still be Will be Take strength in the word Is there really something moving in your heart? Down Bowery and 3rd At the corner of a world about to start And all the lights are blazing in green, and red, and gold And everything looks clearer in the cold And this time, the weather of the world that swirls inside my mind This year is gonna be the year I leave it all behind And after all the storm clouds, the sky is blowing clear And something in the distance is slowly drawing near There's everything to hope for, and everything to fear And all the world is new this year And all the world is new this year