This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear

This is my December
This is my snow covered home
This is my December
This is me alone

And I
Just wish that I didn't feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things I said
To make you feel like that
And I
Just wish that I didn't feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things that I said to you

And I give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to

This is my December
These are my snow covered dreams
This is me pretending
This is all I need

And I
Just wish that I didn't feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things I said
To make you feel like that
And I
Just wish that I didn't feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things I said to you

And I give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to

This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear

And I give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to



Lyrics submitted by matt24

Track duration: 04:20

"My December" as written by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Joseph Hahn, Chester Charles Bennington, Robert G. Bourdon

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:This song in my opinion is the best of theirs. My husband and I on our first date were so nurves that we could barly talk. I was even hiding on the other side of the car when this song came on and I said I love this song and turned it up. At the time it was both of our fav song and it was Dec 22 so it became our song it was our ice breaker.
    Flag heidig3on December 12, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:First of all, I'd like to say this is a phenomenal song written by talented artists, known as Linkin Park.

    To me, "My December" is a metaphor. This song screams solitude. Loneliness. It's almost to a point of desperation, hence, "...give it all away, just to have someone to go to..." He's saying having ANYONE is better than this hollow, lonely feeling. It's better to share happiness with someone than to be alone with it.

    "And I
    Take back all the things I said
    to make you feel like that
    And I
    Just wish that I didn't feel
    like there was something I missed"

    ^^This conveys regret, and feeling incomplete after a fight or argument despite winning (or not), because at the end of the day, something is still missing. That's enough to leave one regretting previous actions.

    Personally, this song strikes a sentiment within me. It brings me back to a dark time in my life. I still feel this way: lonely.

    Again, great song & that's my two cents.
    Flag AubergineGirlon May 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I'm never gonna get tired of this beautiful song! I think this song is about a breakup or fight between a friend of a boyfriend/ girlfriend that you felt so powerful at the time of breaking up but now you're just left with regret andyou would do anything to get that person back and everything change back to how it was. But whenever you're around that person you act like youre happy the way things are without them "this is me pretending." And you keep doing that until you realize they were your everything..
    Flag Kristen4on February 10, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:When listening to this song it really does bring up thoughts of failing relationships and hardships of life. All of your comments on this song are true, but the real message and understanding of the song is really up to you and how you personify it, beautiful song indeed. Your own December could be during any time of the year when you feel you hit rock bottom either with family, a love, or just you; thats the beauty of music and Linkin Park does a damn good job connecting with their fans.
    Flag Onslaught4789on February 01, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think December is a metaphor for end of life and perhaps in this particular case, feeling dead inside.

    "I give it all away, just to have somewhere to go to..." >> giving up one's sense of self worth to be in that relationship. A person making unhealthy compromises to be with someone who is not good for them and they are coming to realize how bad it has gotten. "My December" could mean the sad reality he has created for himself....he is partly to blame. He has said and done things he shouldn't have (see Mike Shinoda's part) in the relationship as well.

    "This is me pretending this is all I need" >> trying to avoid the truth by acting as though this relationship is fulfilling and healthy.
    Flag allybcanadaon October 26, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Lol this is how I feel oh so to often


    And I give it all away
    Just to have somewhere to go to
    Give it all away
    To have someone to come home to

    But after I broke up with my gf I didn't really miss her because she used me....but than again this song really stuck out to me at the time


    And I
    Just wish that I didn't feel
    like there was something I missed
    And I
    Take back all the things I said
    to make you feel like that
    And I
    Just wish that I didn't feel
    like there was something I missed
    And I
    Take back all the things I said to you
    Flag LordOfSwordson August 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Hi, english is not my mother tongue then sorry if there are mistakes...
    Just I would like to know which meaning you would give to this song when a man dedicate it to a woman saying that "I dedicate you this song, I identify you with her, I hope you will like it, this is a little gift"... (I love this song that I did not know, very special)But I do not have any news of him, i think he is someone who hide what he feels (good or bad; ashamed), and when I try to see him, he says me that he wants, that he has liked the moment together ( and i know that he loved this moment...)and at the end, we cannot see us...
    I am trying to find why he did that, which meaning would he give to this song (bad or good meaning)? what do I have to understand??? Sorry for this ask and thanks!!!
    THANKS TOO FOR A SO GOOD WEBSITE and persons who explain their fellings!!!!
    Flag LinCeon June 21, 2009   Link
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    My Opinion:I LOVE THIS SONG. It's amazing. In my opinion this song is about someone who is going throug depresion, everything is cold and blue to them and they would give everything up to have a normal life and love back.
    Flag iluvstephaloton May 21, 2009   Link
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    My Opinion:I LOVE THIS SONG. It's amazing. In my opinion this song is about someone who is going throug depresion, everything is cold and blue to them and they would give everything up to have a normal life and love back.
    Flag iluvstephaloton May 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song. to me its about being sad and alone. feeling cold and left out of the world with nowhere to go. Its a feeling everyone can relate to at one time or another. So take pitty on people who you know are along, it sucks.
    Flag kitharaon November 21, 2008   Link

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