Always Winter, Never Christmas

[Intro | Frozen Energy | Low Close Delivery | Muted Piano + Sparse Bell Tones] The forecast hasn't changed all week Gray through Friday Gray through Sunday, too [Verse 1 | Heavy Motion | Restrained Chest Delivery | Low Bass Steps + Muted Piano] The snow turned black along the curb Three days ago, maybe four I step through water to my ankles Dragging winter through the door My socks are wet, the radiator Knocks like something trapped inside The kitchen pipe froze up at midnight Then split and soaked the cabinet side There's a towel underneath it There's a bucket underneath that I keep meaning to call someone I keep walking right on past [Pre-Chorus | Gathering Weight | Narrow Mix Delivery | Low Strings + Dry Tom Pulse] I thought there'd be a reason Something I could point toward But some things end because they end And nothing could have changed their course [Chorus | Dark Lift | Open Chest Delivery + Low Doubles | Full Drums + Low String Swell] Always winter, never Christmas Nothing coming down the line No bright window in the distance No good weather given time I'm as gray as what's above me I'm as cold as what gets in Always winter, never Christmas And tomorrow the same again [Post-Chorus | Numb Energy | Low Doubled Hook | Piano Pulse + Dry Percussion] Same forecast Same street Same wet shoes Same week [Verse 2 | Heavy Motion | Restrained Chest Delivery | Bass Steps + Prepared Piano] The trash is frozen in the barrel Half a bag stuck to the side It smells exactly like it did before Cold doesn't make anything all right A plow goes past and throws more slush Across the sidewalk I just crossed Somebody curses from a doorway Nobody turns to see who's lost I used to think if I tried harder I could keep what wanted out Now I know there was no version Where I could have turned it round [Pre-Chorus | Gathering Weight | Narrow Mix Delivery | Low Strings + Dry Tom Pulse] That should almost make it easier That's what everybody says But knowing I could never save it Doesn't tell me what comes next [Chorus | Dark Lift | Open Chest Delivery + Low Doubles | Full Drums + Low String Swell] Always winter, never Christmas Nothing coming down the line No bright window in the distance No good weather given time I'm as gray as what's above me I'm as cold as what gets in Always winter, never Christmas And tomorrow the same again [Bridge | Stalled Energy | Intimate Head-Mix Delivery | Solo Piano + Bowed Bass] I don't know who I was with you I don't know who I am alone I can't tell which parts were borrowed Which were ever my own People ask me what I want now Like there's somewhere I should go I can barely choose what coat to wear Before I step into the cold [Breakdown | Sinking Energy | Bare Chest Delivery | Low Drone + Intermittent Piano] The pipe still leaks The bucket fills The hallway smells The window chills My name is written on the mailbox That's about as much as I know Outside, the snow turns back to water Then freezes underneath the snow [Chorus | Peak Weight | Full Chest Delivery + Shadow Doubles | Full Drums + Low Strings] Always winter, never Christmas Nothing waiting past tonight No clean street after the snowfall No horizon turning bright I'm as gray as what's above me I'm as cold as what gets in Always winter, never Christmas And tomorrow the same again [Outro | Motionless Energy | Low Close Delivery | Muted Piano + Single Bell] The forecast hasn't changed all week Gray tomorrow Gray again [End]