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Matthew Sweet – December Dark (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Modern Art
December Dark

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December Dark

Release date: 27th September 2011

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About This Track

"December Dark" is a track by Matthew Sweet, from the album Modern Art, released 27th September 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

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Matthew Sweet

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Lyrics

December Dark

December dark

The leaves have long since fallen

The barren branches are all done

The days unwind without sun

December dark

The air so cold around me

My eyes so old, I can't see

My fears grow older than me

December dark

My roots start reaching downwards

Their vines are twisted around my lines

Then when the clouds part

That's where my mind blooms

I know I'm no longer December dark

Then when the clouds part

We start anew

There's no other way I know

Seasons to seasons cut since long ago

When it comes around again

My hurts will bend like a bow

To shoot an arrow in the stone, arrow in the stone

It will soon be back, December dark

It will soon be back, December dark

And it will soon be back, December dark

And it will soon be back, December dark

December dark, December dark

It will soon be back, December dark

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From Modern Art

2011

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Release year

2011

—Ivory Tower
—Modern Art
—Oh, Oldendaze!
—She Walks the Night
—When Love Let's Go I'm Falling
—Ladyfingers
—Late Nights with the Power Pop
—My Ass is Grass
—Sleeping
—December Dark
—Baltimore
—A Little Death

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