Something Real

Once again it's Christmas time
And the world resumes the drill
Tried to stoke the same old magic
But I can't feel the thrill
Things have changed it's all so different
How am I to cope
Caught in memories so gilded
Times of joy and hope
But we get older
Winter gets colder
Things don't remain the same
It's only natural
Old homes are long gone
Loved ones who pass on
Nothing feels the same now

But I'm not gonna let it destroy
The joy that I keep in my soul
Yeah it hurts when things change
But I'm choosing to focus on what I control
So I'll give it my all don't you judge me
I am making the choice to be happy
So I'll do what I need even fake it
If that's what it takes to feel something

So I'm going through the motions
The tinsel and the snow
Anything to grab that feeling
That I used to know
You can think it childish of me
Overboard with lights
All the corny decorations and
Carols warm and bright

Sure we are older
But now we're bolder
Things can't remain the same
It's only natural
New homes we're making
Steps we are taking
To forge something brand new

Yeah I'm not gonna let it destroy
The joy that I keep in my soul
Sure it hurts when things change
But I'm choosing to focus on what I control
So I'll give it my all don't you judge me
I am making the choice to be happy
So I'll do what I need even fake it
If that's what it takes to feel something

And so little bit by bit
I'm reclaiming it
The joy in my spirit
I know things can't stay the same
No one is to blame
Life goes on and
I'll keep trying to make something new
If I can do it well then so can you
So can you

Yeah we're not gonna let it destroy
The joy that we keep our soul
Sure it hurts when things change
But we're choosing to focus on what we control
So we'll give it our all don't you judge us
We are making the choice to be joyous
So we'll do what we need even fake it
If that's what it takes to feel
Something real