A Hard Year

The sky is the color

Of white-hot iron

The sun is long overdue

Snow is falling

Hopeless and perfect

And I am waiting for you



A new afterthought

A stupid idea

I stayed home all day

And wished you were here

It's been a hard year



No one is safe

In a country of spies

The landlord is taking down names

This building is broken

Its windows are worthless

And no one ever complains



A new afterthought

A stupid idea

I stayed home all day

And wished you were here

It's been a hard year

It's been a hard year

It's been a hard year

It's been a hard year



The inkspots of birds

Shifting in flight

A long afternoon

Turns to night

And I see the sun

Through a crack in the sky

And just like that

It all passes by

It's been a hard year



Front-page pictures

Are already old

The dishes sit in the sink

Seven long days

Spent in bed

And I haven't slept a wink



A new afterthought

A stupid idea

I stayed home all day

And wished you were here

It's been a hard year

It's been a hard year

It's been a hard year

It's been a hard year



The sky is the color

Of white-hot iron

The sun is long overdue