I've been waiting, pacing along the halls   Ever since you left here   I've been cleaning, scrubbing the plates   And weeding out the garden, dear      I can't 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      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      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   I couldn't see      If only time could slow down   Then maybe I could come up   It's such a cold December   It's such a cold December, it's so cold      I can't 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      Summers come and summer has gone   Your Christmas cards can't comfort me   You've found new friends and tied all the ends   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   I couldn't see      If only time could slow down   Then maybe I could come up   It's such a cold December   It's such a cold December, it's so cold