"Just Because It's Christmas"

Lyrics:

It’s not gonna snow

Just because it’s Christmas 

No people on the go

These silent nights they never feel quite right

The lights I’ve strung about

Barely light the hallway

Some nights I try to shout  

A Christmas tune to fill this empty room

Singing songs of jolly Nick

It’s just a trick

I gather round the love I've found

To make it stick

Where will all the people go

On Christmas Day?

I light my fireplace aglow 

To fight the gray

What's there to hold to help fight the cold 

Of each new day?

But perhaps I’ll find a way

I wrapped the gifts I bought 

Just because it's Christmas 

It feels like all I've got 

Is tokens of a near-forgotten love 

Every screen, each new routine 

Fails to get me though this,

And every smile feels like denial 

That this is Christmas

What will all the people do 

On Christmas Day?

Tell me how we muddle through 

Despite the gray

I’m singing songs, no one sings along

Why do I play?

Look inside to find a way 

Will this be the melody that makes me feel you near?

I'll strike a chord I've not explored before we disappear

So 

I'll write all through the night 

I'll fight each silent night