you always used to joke, i always used to laugh
you made me a bracelet when i turned nine and a half
“born on christmas eve,” you said, “it tells a certain story”
“you and me,” you said, “together, we are bound for glory”
and time unfurled
and god laughed
you made me a bracelet when i turned nine and a half
we're driving through the old town, we're listening to a waltz
this is the only station in the world not playing schmaltz
we barely said a word in church, but something still survives
we're friends because we've been friends for almost all our lives
as time unfurled
to show our faults
we still have the midnight world and all those messy memory vaults
i don't know if i'll ever see you again
i don't know if i'll ever call you my friend
together we're alone, and alone we have to grieve
this is how it feels to turn seventeen on christmas eve
i always used to laugh, you always used to joke
we come up to a stoplight and you give me your last smoke
and light it as the radio turns over to another song
some cheesy Christmas holiday thing that goes on and on
and our eyes meet
and we both laugh
I've worn this bracelet since the day i turned nine and a half
i don't know if i'll ever see you again
i don't know if i'll ever call you my friend
together we're alone, and alone we have to grieve
this is how it feels to turn seventeen on christmas eve