The New Year

Jamie will celebrate his birthday
on a spaceship this year
Do you think it's gonna sound weird?
Not any weirder than all of you here
selling envy instead of hope
to all the people stepping into the New Year

Lizzie found love in a brothel
Her friends say she is a tramp
But someone saw them in a hostel
with the woman of the weekend

Josh cannot breathe without coughing
Life is everything but a joke for cardiac patients
when you can only dream in fits and starts
He gave his mother all he had
and he only had his heart
Now he happily waits for the New Year to come
Santa knows how to make him laugh

A mother lost his child in a plane crash
Sometimes dreams end before they even start
Rumors tell she's still there lying in her pain
Wishing for planes not to fall off again

Margaret is in the midway
between a chasm and a peak
Rolling dices to decide
whether she should pick
the darkness or the light
Trains only pass once in this life
The New Year seems to be mute
for those who can't choose

Anthony's got a dream
he claims he wants to fly
he believes he'll grow wings
to reach his mother in the sky

Sally met a man who made her cry
and this will be the last night
We need fresh air sometimes
to let our lungs welcome a new life
and make it spring up from our eyes
Mirrors aren't supposed to tell lies

Jhonny has a box of chocolates
his girlfriend gave him by the lake
Though she decided to set off
the box still smells of her name
in a corner of his life
her boyfriend will keep her alive

Children at the playground
draw a subtle line between
happiness and naivety
The playground is still there
for anyone to play
Sensitivity is not sold at sunday's fairs

Jamie will celebrate his birthday
on a spaceship this year
Do you think it's gonna sound weird?