Emptiness is Everywhere

There I go again, talking nonsense

Like when my time comes how am I supposed to know?

I'm thinking about the end, about my feelings

So please excuse me while I go and get my coat

New Year's in July, It's a goodbye

Used to always make December with my folks

Family's everywhere, till it's not there

And I get choked up by the fear, it's such a joke

And that's how it goes

Everyone gets nervous when the lights get low

For the ones you know

And the end comes slow

Emptiness is everywhere, so hold each other close

Love is in the air, it's a nightmare

They're playing Hotel California on the lawn

Family's everywhere, drinking cheap beer

Going crazy for a bullshit Eagles song

The twins are having kids, hearts are broken

My dad lost his oldest friend a year ago

And I can't handle it, the fear of losing

All the people in my life that I hold close

And the few I love so much, please don't let let go

And the pain it shows

Emptiness is everywhere, the strong lose hope

When the door stays closed

And hearts grow cold

Love is so much losing, how does anybody cope?

And I'm afraid of change, but only some days

Had a dream that I moved on, then I awoke

Some folks stay afraid, change is unsafe

If you don't take the chance, how are you gonna know?

And that's how it goes

Everyone starts crying when the lid gets closed

When it goes down slow

It's a long drive home

No one feels like talking, everybody leaves alone

And the panic grows

Ain't it such a bummer when the end is close

When the fear takes hold

Like a silent scream

Emptiness is everywhere, it's all around me

In twenty-something years, if I stay here

There's a place for me that I will never know

We're too caught up to care, life is unfair

No one's surprised about a January snow