Bad Moves: New Year's Reprieve

 

"New Year's Reprieve"

 

Mopping up beer at the end of the year

I was crushing through the holiday rush

I was feeling alone with no direction to go in

But I thought the only way left was up

And the little I saved making minimum wage

Was just enough to blow on rent each month

So I'd work 'til I sleep and I'd sow what I reap

And I wouldn't care if it felt punk

But it wasn't enough

It wasn't enough, no, no

Now would you believe that come New Year's Eve

I was desperate for getting free

Cleaning literal shit from a dive bar toilet

And ringing in 2019

On the bike ride home I'd made a wish that I'd only

Find someone who believed in me

As I dodged the drunk drivers and the champagne and fivers

In the streets of the capital city

I wished that love would find me

But it's never that easy

Do you believe that there's some reprieve?

Do you believe that it gets easier?

I want to see if there's sun beyond the horizon

But I don't know if I'll ever get there

Do you believe that there's some reprieve?

Do you believe that it'll be okay?

I want to find sun beyond the horizon

But I don't know, I don't know

Now, all the cards say around the holidays

That you're bust if you believe in a myth
But I saw the light on that cold, lonely night

And the glow of one incredible kiss

But like a candle to the wind, as the glow turned dim

I couldn't look at it with any wonder

For the sum of the living and the inevitable dimming

It won't kill you, and it won't make you stronger

And you'll never get younger

But the days will get longer

Do you believe that there's some reprieve?

Do you believe that it gets easier?

I want to see if there's sun beyond the horizon

But I don't know if I'll ever get there

 

Do you believe that there'll be relief?

Do you believe that it'll be okay?

I guess we'll find out, but I have my doubts

It'll come before the end of my days

Do you believe that there's some reprieve?

Do you believe that it gets easier?

I want to see if there's sun beyond the horizon

But I don't know if I'll ever get there

 

Do you believe that there'll be relief?

Do you believe that it'll be okay?

I guess we'll find out, but I have my doubts

It'll come before the end of my days