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The colored lights, they brightly shine.
Unlike your eyes avoiding mine.
The snow is folding sheet upon sheet.
Our hands not holding as we cross the street.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
I wore the dress I thought you loved.
But my boots are filling with snow you shoved
Off of the car we climb into.
You finished first, I must catch up to you.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
How can I catch up when I don't don't want to?
How can I catch up when I still want you?
You have had your fill your fill of me.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
December baby, you are my,
December baby, you are my,
December baby, you are my,
December baby, you are mine.
Unlike your eyes avoiding mine.
The snow is folding sheet upon sheet.
Our hands not holding as we cross the street.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
I wore the dress I thought you loved.
But my boots are filling with snow you shoved
Off of the car we climb into.
You finished first, I must catch up to you.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
How can I catch up when I don't don't want to?
How can I catch up when I still want you?
You have had your fill your fill of me.
You have had your fill your fill of me.
December baby, you are my,
December baby, you are my,
December baby, you are my,
December baby, you are mine.
Lyrics submitted by ggollysandraa
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The bridge:
"How can I catch up when I don't don't want to?
How can I catch up when I still want you?"
Yes, she want's a man that no longer desires her the same - however the first line '..when I don't want to' is out of exhaustion. Out of feeling unwanted and disvalued - not simply because he doesn't want her, but because of the particular feeligns she experiences from him not wanting her - she actually doesn't want to catch up because he doesnt give her any reason too, doesn't hold her hand, tell her she's beautiful, or even look her in the eye, but at the same time she 'still wants to' because she is still completely in love with him. She doesn't want it to end.
and 'December, baby.' Was or will be the last time they are together; in december, he was her baby, he was her's - "my december baby" that was the end of their love. She is holding on to that time as he was hers and she was his.
This is how I would interpret the song.
"You finished first, I must catch up to you.
You have had your fill your fill of me."
He would intentionally only see me once a week or two so that he could "miss" me. When I did get to see him, I could see him grow bored of me by the end of the visit because he had had his fill of me... I know Ingrid writes these to describe her own life, but it's crazy how relatable her lyrics are. Love her!
"How can I catch up when I don't don't want to?
How can I catch up when I still want you?"
She doesn't want to be over him even though he's over her. She misses what they had.
I agree with what a lot of people are saying.
But I actually think one part is talking about a sexual experience...
"My boots are feeling with snow you've shoved
Off of the car, we climb into.
You finish first. I must catch up to you.
You have had your fill, your fill of me."
She puts it so nicely you can hardly tell.
It just sounds like to me, that she's still in love with him, like others have said, and still treated him in a loving manner, but he's just using her for that one thing, and she's only fully realizing it.
she doesn't want to know how he's doin without her, afraid to find out he's moved on while she has'nt
The ending where she says "December baby you are mine" may mean that she still thinks of him as hers even though their relationship has ended and may not want to let go.
And cynt, yeah I think you're actually spot on about the catching up bit...
I think the part
"How can I catch up when I don't don't want to?
How can I catch up when I still want you?
refers to the fact that "he" has moved on and is over "her" but she can't catch up and match the way he is feeling.
She hasn't moved on because she still loves him and wants him...
Also, I reckon the juxtaposition in the lines
"How can I catch up when I don't don't want to?
How can I catch up when I still want you?"
Is that she doesn't want to catch up with him because she knows it's a bad idea because he doesn't want her anymore, yet at the same time she wants to catch up with him because she still feels the same way... But it's not a good idea.