Holiday Movie by The Small Calamities Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Opening scene: there are cups on the table, and music bleeds out of a shitty TV
You lie on the couch wrapped in pieces of starlight, impossibly glowing—an omen that i couldn't see
[Verse 2]
Slowly we fade to a day in the tropics, the sound of your voice singing soft through the wires
Your words tumble out and stand still for a decade; my answer still rings somewhere deep in the back of my head
[Chorus 1]
It's that time of year where dreams start falling down
And all you had to do was try not to jump
Tattered mistletoe; the movie stops
But we all know how it ends, and we watch it anyway
It's just that time of year
[Verse 3]
View of the world from the back of a towncar: our heroes are safe from the worst of the storm
A lingering shot of your face in the doorway—a silence that said so much more than our words ever could
[Verse 4]
Flash forward to summer; we run down the street as we shine in dystopian spurs of the night
You ask me to stay and I run through the alley; in hindsight, the single most pivotal scene of our lives
[Verse 5]
Fly overhead as we hike down the mountain; I tell you the truth and you stare at the ground
Now you're sitting in thought as I sleep on the airplane… the credits begin as we move from the gates to real life
[Chorus 2]
It's that time of year where dreams start falling down
And all I had to do was know what I want
Shattered ornaments; the movie stops
But we all know how it ends, and we watch it anyway
It's just that time of year
[Coda]
You say you want to stay the same
I wish that i could say that too…
The curtain's closed, the countdown's done
It's clichés and carols, or it's frozen homes
It's designer heartache 'til you're all alone
It's a bedtime story, but the darker german kind
And we could start all over but we all know how it ends
Opening scene: there are cups on the table, and music bleeds out of a shitty TV
You lie on the couch wrapped in pieces of starlight, impossibly glowing—an omen that i couldn't see
[Verse 2]
Slowly we fade to a day in the tropics, the sound of your voice singing soft through the wires
Your words tumble out and stand still for a decade; my answer still rings somewhere deep in the back of my head
[Chorus 1]
It's that time of year where dreams start falling down
And all you had to do was try not to jump
Tattered mistletoe; the movie stops
But we all know how it ends, and we watch it anyway
It's just that time of year
[Verse 3]
View of the world from the back of a towncar: our heroes are safe from the worst of the storm
A lingering shot of your face in the doorway—a silence that said so much more than our words ever could
[Verse 4]
Flash forward to summer; we run down the street as we shine in dystopian spurs of the night
You ask me to stay and I run through the alley; in hindsight, the single most pivotal scene of our lives
[Verse 5]
Fly overhead as we hike down the mountain; I tell you the truth and you stare at the ground
Now you're sitting in thought as I sleep on the airplane… the credits begin as we move from the gates to real life
[Chorus 2]
It's that time of year where dreams start falling down
And all I had to do was know what I want
Shattered ornaments; the movie stops
But we all know how it ends, and we watch it anyway
It's just that time of year
[Coda]
You say you want to stay the same
I wish that i could say that too…
The curtain's closed, the countdown's done
It's clichés and carols, or it's frozen homes
It's designer heartache 'til you're all alone
It's a bedtime story, but the darker german kind
And we could start all over but we all know how it ends