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
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?
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