Someone plays and his love sings along It's all she can do to remember the song So she makes up words That he feels he's heard Leaving footprints they won't see again A self imposed exile but why not pretend The nostalgia burns Like the bridge they burned So goodbye summer It's all snow tomorrow But before we're away Let's pray for the new December She makes him laugh and he laughs like a child Who would have thought laughter could grow in the wild But they feel at home In the great unknown And it's only the weather That shapes their forever And grants them this day To pray for the new December They held in their hands the keys to the underground But they sold it for daylight Now she's holding his hand as he tells her she can keep the crown With her back towards the kingdom she looks like a queen tonight He shakes his head at the words that she sings Those same words betrayed both the coup and the king Just the day before All for love for sure Now the winter's screaming And the last boat's leaving But before we're away Let's pray for the new December