December Rose

Verse 1

Cold wind cuts through the empty room

Your picture still hangs where the light used to bloom

We built this fire from the middle of May

Now December's got its hands on the last of the flame

Pre-Chorus

I can still taste the sweetness on your name

But holding on tighter only deepens the pain

Chorus

December Rose, you're still beautiful to me

Even as the petals fall and the thorns set us free

I loved you hard, I loved you true

But some things break so they can start brand new

Go on and bloom in somebody else's spring

I'll still be singing for the love you used to bring

Verse 2

We danced through the wreckage, we laughed through the storm

Tried to keep the heat when the nights got too warm

Now the calendar's bleeding and the days won't stay

You're a ghost in my arms and I'm learning to walk away

Pre-Chorus

I won't curse the nights we couldn't save

I'll just thank the stars for the light that we gave

Chorus

December Rose, you're still beautiful to me

Even as the petals fall and the thorns set us free

I loved you hard, I loved you true

But some things break so they can start brand new

Go on and bloom in somebody else's spring

I'll still be singing for the love you used to bring

Guitar Solo

Bridge

No more looking back at the bruises and the scars

No more blaming the moon or the reckless hearts

Just two people who gave it everything they had

Now we both deserve the chance to be glad

Chorus

December Rose, you're still beautiful to me

Even as the petals fall and the thorns set us free

I loved you hard, I loved you true

But some things break so they can start brand new

Go on and bloom in somebody else's spring

I'll still be singing for the love you used to bring

Outro

Bloom, little rose...

Bloom...