holiday/champagne problems (voice memo) [1.11.21] Lyrics

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