December

I have to sorta agree with your comment here, that December this song too, seems to be yearning for a time in December in my opinion.<br /> <br /> Graduating in December, here where I don't belong, seems to put the emphasize it more.<br /> <br /> Relating this to myself as I try to answer the various questions that I ask myself a lot, especially about the future. Of the things that I want to do, my ideals, the times left until graduation, my doubts like everyone else, the piece of paper we all call a diploma, and my attempts at convincing myself that everything will be alright despite everything else. I will carry my achievements home, away from here.

While I agree that this song most likely has a literal meaning regarding the month of December, I believe the lyrics are also very relatable to a May/December (young woman/older man) romance from May's (younger woman's) point of view. It's not unheard of for a man to feel he should sacrifice his feelings and end such a relationship (after the initial excitement of being with a younger woman, of course. When the deeper feelings develop and one starts pondering the next step), believing May deserves a life with someone closer to her own age. However, May, deeply in love, wants to live whatever life he has left with him. True, I might be terribly off base here, but I find the lyrics extremely poetic from this point of view... <br /> <br /> December come to me<br /> I hope I can see<br /> You not just in jeans (Say, more formally, in marriage garb?)<br /> <br /> I will let you be (accept you as you are)<br /> Why can't you believe<br /> How much you really mean?<br /> <br /> December won't you come<br /> Back with snow and sun (aged, but full of life)<br /> Don't say that it's done<br /> <br /> I will carry you home (till death)<br /> Take you from <br /> The loneliest place you have known<br /> <br /> I will carry you home<br /> Take me from the loneliest I have know (we are meant to be together)<br /> <br /> Really, I believe that if words are moving (in the name of good, of course;), it's all good. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

I have to disagree with fluffmeister (unless this person knows for sure), but I take the song quite literally.<br /> <br /> Maybe it's because I had a similar experience, but I feel like the song is yearning for a time (December) more than a person. It's like when you have an amazing month and want it back. <br /> <br /> This works for December because it is a cold winter month, but winter is still magical and warm (warm as in emotional warmth from holidays and happiness) at this point. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, January rolls around and all of a sudden you find yourself amidst a dark, cold winter without any lights or joy or holidays or family.<br /> <br /> Also, December in a way is still looked at as a cold, dark month despite the "holiday cheer" and so when she says "I will carry you home, back from the loneliest place you have known" it feels like, in a way, she is sort of saying she will enjoy its beauty and luster as opposed to seeing it as a dread (like many people do).<br /> <br /> The most pertinent think about this song to me is that most songs that honor certain months or times of the year (aside from Xmas music) rave about summer or spring. Even autumn.<br /> Songs that talk about February or December or January are usually about being cold and lonely and depressed.<br /> <br /> This is not a Xmas song, and so it is unique, and when I listen to this song I almost feel like she is singing to the month of December-- not only telling it she thinks it is wonderful, but that she wants it back.<br /> <br /> Another thing to keep in mind is that the album is called "The Fall," and in many ways has an autumny feel to it. Actually, I've always found Norah Jones to be my "autumn" soundtrack. <br /> In that case, December is the end of fall. It sort of seems like this song puts her on the other side of autumn (aka the dead of winter) and she's begging for it back, offering up her company to it.<br /> <br /> When I write it out it sort of sounds trite and dumb, but this meaning of the song holds a lot of significance to me because I felt the same way this year.