Lyrics
Wait until the kids are sleeping
Waiting until the kids are asleep to avoid their awareness of the departure.
Don't want them to hear me leaving
Expressing the desire to leave without the children knowing.
I'll send a letter to the lawyers
Planning to communicate the decision to lawyers, possibly indicating legal matters involved.
I'm going to make this easy for you
Committing to making the separation process easy for the other person.
But yet again (yet again, yet again, yet again)
Repetition emphasizing a recurring situation or decision.
Looks like I won't be home for Christmas
Acknowledging the absence from home during the Christmas season.
And yet again (yet again, yet again, yet again)
Reiterating the likelihood of being away for Christmas.
My bags are packed
Confirming readiness to leave with packed bags.
It's late December
Highlighting the time of year as late December.
And another year has slipped away
Reflecting on the passage of another year.
Another lonely Christmas Day
Expressing the solitude experienced on Christmas Day.
I'll set a course for California
Planning a journey to California, possibly for a fresh start.
And try my very best not to call you
Committing to resisting the urge to contact the other person.
This year I'll escape the winter
Desiring to escape the winter, symbolizing a desire for change.
Make a new start, break a new heart
Expressing a resolution to start anew and potentially cause heartbreak.
And yet again (yet again, yet again, yet again)
Repeating the theme of being absent for Christmas.
Looks like I won't be home for Christmas
Reaffirming the expectation of not being home for Christmas.
And yet again (yet again, yet again, yet again)
Emphasizing the distance with a thousand miles between.
There's a thousand miles between us
Acknowledging another year of strained relations.
And another year that's seen us throw it all away
Reflecting on irretrievable losses from the past year.
One we won't get back again
Accepting the permanence of losing that year.
Another lonely Christmas day
Reiterating the loneliness experienced on Christmas Day.
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