Inspired to write a song about the holidays. It's not about law school. Thankfully. Finally. It's a ballad. :) A little unfocused, but it's just a first draft. Of something. At least it's not about law school. :)

As we put away the presents
As we take apart the tree*
Say goodbye to wrapping paper
Say goodbye to family

As we finish all the cookies
Cut the final piece of cake
Close our eyes and picture snowfall
On the ground when we awake

It's another year gone quickly
As the time is flying by
I can't freeze these memories
But I can try

(chorus)
I don't want to face uncertain future
Not when now has turned out not so bad
I don't want to find out that I'm living
In the best days of the life I will have had.

As the snowman melts to water
As the leftovers are gone
As there's no more sharing stories
Stay up talking until dawn

As the years pass bonds are broken
People go their separate ways
Suddenly it's been a lifetime
Made of long-forgotten days

It's another set of moments
That are passing through the air
Once they've slipped through our fingers
They're no longer there

(chorus)
I don't want to face uncertain future
Not when now has turned out not so bad
I don't want to find out that I'm living
In the best days of the life I will have had.

(bridge)
I never used to realize when you grow up you're still who you are inside
That there's no switch that turns you from a child to a man
There's no beacon of direction, there's no light that shines the way
Everyone's just out there doing what he can

(chorus)
I don't want to face uncertain future
Not when now has turned out not so bad
I don't want to find out that I'm living
In the best days of the life I will have had.

*Is "take apart" the right verb for what you do with a Christmas tree when you're done with it. "Unscrewing the electric bulbs from the menorah" doesn't have the same song-feeling, so I'm an honorary Christian for the purposes of writing the song...