Northern Lights Lyrics - Northern Lights - Gretchen Peters

Deep in December, the year has grown old 

The days have grown dark and the nights have turned cold 

And the hurts that we harbor, the debts that we owe 

Are sleeping down under a blanket of snow 

It covers the grasses, the bench in the park 

The scars in the earth where man's made his mark 

And high in the sky there's an unearthly glow 

Like a miracle sent to delight us below 

And all our cares seem immaterial 

Beneath a light so ethereal 

As if all our wrongs could be made right 

Oh darling, under the northern lights 

We wound and we're wounded by the tiniest acts 

We run from our ghosts and we cover our tracks 

And we try to make up for mistakes that we've made 

With presents and parties and Christmas parades 

But I'm tired of the running, I'm taking my leave 

And the fire's burning low on this cold Christmas Eve 

All that I have is this evening to spend 

All that I want is to hold you again 

To linger awhile in the mystery 

To know the gift that's been given me 

Just to lie beside you this Christmas night 

Oh darling, under the northern lights