There's a dog on a leash, even I can't see

Every day, all day long, it sits barking at me

It's a curse on its own, and I give it its fame

And it's worse for the fact that it knows me by name

There's a pit in my belly that's tapping at me

Doesn't show on my skin, but soon it may be

It's been there for so long, swallowed it years ago

It's been killing me softly, smoothly and slow

A dog, a leash, a gun, a chain, a curse, my skin, my life, my name

A dog, a leash, a gun, a chain, a curse, my skin, my life, my name

My name

It comes around, every December

I wanna know, do you remember?

It comes around, every December

I wanna know, do you remember?

It comes around, every December

I wanna know, do you remember?

Do you remember?

There's a me, on a leash, and I put me there

I can't tell for the life of me, why I don't care

That I stay in this cell, put myself through this hell

Whine and wallow in pain while it knows me by name

There's a me on a leash, and I put me there

I can't tell for the life of me, why I don't care

That I stay in this cell, put myself through this hell

Whine and wallow in pain while it knows me by name

It comes around, every December

I wanna know, do you remember

Do you remember

Do you remember

Do you remember?