December
All About Eve Lyrics

There's a Victorian tin, I keep my memories in,
I have a special box where I store my cherished memories from the past. It's a Victorian tin that I found in the attic.

I found it up in the attic.
I discovered this box while rummaging through old things in the attic.

After looking inside, I find the things that I'm hiding
The box contains items that I've been trying to hide or forget about.

The leaves saved from a mistletoe kiss,
There is a preserved mistletoe kiss in the box, saved as a symbol of a past romantic moment.

Only nostalgia has me feeling like this
The only reason I'm feeling this way is because of nostalgia, the sentimental longing for the past.

Like I miss you,
It feels like I'm missing someone from my past who meant a lot to me.

It must be the time of year.
My current emotional state is likely due to the season - December - which is a time of reflection and remembrance.

Remember December,
The song now calls upon the listener to remember the sensations, events, and emotions of December.

It's like a wintergreen beside a diamond stream,
The sensations of December are refreshing and invigorating, like a wintergreen flavor next to a clear stream with sparkling diamonds of ice.

A fall of snow and the afterglow.
December has an ethereal beauty about it, highlighted by fresh snowfall and a vibrant, lingering light after the sun goes down.

It could be taking our breath away
The beauty and wonder of December is almost overwhelming to experience.

But the years stand in the way,
However, as time goes on, it can be harder to recapture that feeling of awe and excitement around December.

Remember December,
The refrain line is repeated to continue stirring up memories and emotions associated with this time of year.

How does it make you feel inside?
The singer asks the listener how they feel when they remember December, invoking shared memories or associations with the season.

Beneath a Valentine, I see a locket is shining
The singer has discovered a shining locket beneath an old Valentine card.

I think it must be the wine,
The artist is convinced that their emotional state might be partially due to alcohol.

Makes me feel it's all real.
The alcohol is making the experience feel more real and genuine, as it often does for people when they drink.

Where nothing seems to rhyme
However, they also feel like their thoughts and emotions are disconnected or disordered, so much so that they are not making sense or “rhyming”.

To breathe life into the dust of a keepsake
The singer suggests that revisiting old keepsakes or mementos is a way to breathe life or evoke past emotions and memories.

I might as well try to fix a chain on a snowflake
The artist recognizes this might be a futile or pointless task, similar to fixing a chain on a fragile snowflake.

Or a heartache,
The frustration and sadness the artist feels is understandable and shared by many.

It must be the time of year.
Again, the artist attributes their emotional state to the seasonal context of December, with all its nostalgia and memories.

Should I feel this alone, should I pick up the phone
The singer questions whether they should reach out to someone they miss, and whether they should feel this isolated and disconnected during this season.

Should I call you up and wish you 'Happy Christmas'?
The mode of outreach the artist is considering is calling somebody up to exchange holiday greetings.

I feel so alone, should I pick up the phone
Repeating an earlier line, the singer is still considering reaching out for connection during what should be a season of warmth and community.

Take my heart in my hand
The singer is readying themselves to make that emotional leap and contact somebody special.

And ask if you remember
What the singer hopes to recall is yet unsaid, but they hope to evoke shared memories and possibly reconnect with somebody from their past.