holiday/champagne problems (voice memo) [1.11.21]

Hear you roaring down the street
In your old red Mercedes that you worked on just for me
No headlights
Picking me up just like a thief in the night
We just drive around with the heat on
Nothing else to do in this small town
Living ignorant bliss
Thinking that our story could forever be like this

We drive along the tree lined streets
Nothing to see but you and me
Inch by inch, your hand graces mine
Is this what feels like to intertwine?
Christmas lights shine on down
I could stay in this moment for forever now

Yeah, you know what they say
It isn't very easy when it's just for the holiday
For the holiday
Yeah, you know we got a time limit, babe

Nothing gold ever stays
It isn't very easy when it's just for the holiday

I'm waiting at your back door
I never seem to come through the front anymore
You bought the chips I like
We're getting good at this, sad forever's just not tonight
Now we're smoking on your roof
Dreaming 'bout the future as if we don't know the truth
That our love will fade
Just as fast as Christmas lights up in January

I'm looking out at the midnight sky
Knowing our expiration date's in due time
So deck the halls, let the bells ring
I'll just write the songs I'll never sing
Cause why say those words
When you know all they do is create more hurt

The clock's ticking babe
It isn't very easy when it's just for the holiday
For the holiday
Knowing you won't see my face on New Year's Day

Nothing gold ever stays
It isn't very easy when it's just for the holiday

On the last day of summer break
You cursed my name and pushed me away
Thrown in the dirt, to make matters worse
You picked me back up on December 1st
If we're soon to end, I don't care what you said
We're not just fucking friends
Now every year, when I come back here
Your name will always be whispered in my ear
From the grocery store
To the red car next door
Your shadow will follow me round evermore
Like a wine-stained shirt
You've marked your turf
Only took 30 days to ruin my Earth

You ruin my Earth

These streets will never look the same
The stop signs always say your name
They don't give me a fucking break
The green light will never come my way
But I should've known you'd never stay
Cause you're just for the holiday

I bought you, you spoiled right away
Cause you're just for the holiday

Nothing gold ever stays
It isn't very easy when it's just for the holiday