Lyrics

I drive past your old house
It was the last day in December
You are the first thing I remember

With cold hands and short breath
With the crackle of the New Year
And the friends that we have found here

And I forgot your middle name
And I forgot your birthday
I kept the letters that you wrote
Amongst the ticket stubs of our old lives

I swear once I saw you
I was coming home for Christmas
It was the first time that I missed us

A black storm cloud burst
As I was splashing through my hometown
I swear I lost you in the crowd

And I forgot your middle name
And I forgot your birthday
I kept the letters that you wrote
Amongst the ticket stubs of our old lives

I covered up love like the first time
It's cold when we're apart
I covered it up like the first time
We're right back at the start

I won't forget to call
You moved to northern ground
You were so far away
I didn't see you change

You found a new best friend
With the boy I was
I held on for too long
I would sing to you
Oh how that was the start of the rest of our lives

I covered up love like the first time
It's cold when we're apart
I covered it up like the first time
We're right back at the start
I won't forget to call

I covered up love like the first time
It's cold when we're apart
I covered it up like the first time
We're right back at the start
I won't forget to call

I found Ontario
And though December's cold
I'm better on my own

You will always be
The girl that wrote to me
So I could hear the truth
When I needed to
Oh how that was the start of the rest of our lives