I Can't Celebrate Halloween This Year

This year has been so hard
That I can't imagine worse
And it caught me off my guard
So the timing really hurt
Just when life was approaching its peak
Fate threw me down hard on the floor
But the news I heard last week
Has shocked me to my core

And now I can't celebrate Halloween this year
When I think of her and the words I wrote
It's the most unsettling semi-joke
No, I can't celebrate Halloween this year
Because I'm tired of ghosts, tired of tricks
And the thought of witches makes me sick

(Ah)
(Ah)

Yet if God knows all my wants
My consolation's this
That it could be providence
That I did not get my wish
And maybe God carries me now
Through the daily despair that I face
But I'm not ready to kowtow
Till meaning finds its place

I can't bow down (I can't bow down)
(I can't bow down)
But I won't bow out (I won't bow out)

And I can't celebrate anything this year
When I think of life and the way it goes
Is the whole thing one big semi-joke?
No, I can't celebrate Halloween this year
Because I'm tired of ghosts, tired of tricks
And the thought of witches makes me sick