The New Year - Parachute

I’m sick of cleaning up the mess you left behind

What a way to start the new year

On my hands and knees cleaning up the dirt and grime

What a way to start the new year

I’m sick of holding both ends of the tightrope

Cause when you fall all that’s left is old high hopes for me

Stretched thin to the end trying to keep it all in

What a way to start the new year

Won’t you say that it’s alright?

Won’t you tell me it’s okay?

Because there’s 364 more days

I might be smiling but you’ll never even hear me say

That I like it in the shadows

Counting down to zero just to start again

Oh what a way to start the new year

Don’t get me wrong, I hate this holiday

What a way to start the new year

On my hands and knees, choosing what I have to say

What a way to start the new year

I never realized it could mean so much

Just to go to bed later when we have to get up all the same

And we scream and clap for the end of what was and what we’ve become

Won’t you say that it’s alright?

Won’t you tell me it’s okay?

Because we have 364 more days

I might be smiling but you’ll never even hear me say

That I like it in the shadows

Counting down to zero just to start again

Oh what a way to start the new year

Was it really that bad?

And could it be better?

Well, I don’t know, but with you I still have hope

That this could be my year

364 more days, 1 million chances left to find you and to see your face

Making light out of the shadows, finally get to zero

Maybe we’ll both say

364 more days, 1 million chances left to find you and to see your face

Making light out of the shadows, finally get to zero

Maybe we’ll both say

What a way to start the new year