Who is December? We should look at the rest of the lyrics to get an idea. Sara begins with describing the “long and heady” afternoon on her shoulders, often a symptom of overexposure to sun. But this headiness she feels seems to be numbing her beyond senses of light or cold–even cold artificially created (which means, realistically, imagined). It is the darkness she notices building up inside and around her. It is the darkness of insensitivity, cutting one off from a truly colorful world. She also chastises reckless conclusions and irresponsibility, whereupon she discards the pertinent pieces of something that had to “change.”
So then: December. She/he has “always been a problem child,” running Sara “down restless and wild,” and, importantly, “used to be [hers].” December might be a desired person and all, but is called to “break the chain,” for she/he “can’t turn around now” or “live in circles again.” Sara herself has done her part and now is either asking the person, December, to change lifestyles, or her own December (Destiny) to drift back under her control. These wishes multiply and shower down upon the listener, building up into (breaking, even?) the final chain of the C note.
Who is December? We should look at the rest of the lyrics to get an idea. Sara begins with describing the “long and heady” afternoon on her shoulders, often a symptom of overexposure to sun. But this headiness she feels seems to be numbing her beyond senses of light or cold–even cold artificially created (which means, realistically, imagined). It is the darkness she notices building up inside and around her. It is the darkness of insensitivity, cutting one off from a truly colorful world. She also chastises reckless conclusions and irresponsibility, whereupon she discards the pertinent pieces of something that had to “change.”
So then: December. She/he has “always been a problem child,” running Sara “down restless and wild,” and, importantly, “used to be [hers].” December might be a desired person and all, but is called to “break the chain,” for she/he “can’t turn around now” or “live in circles again.” Sara herself has done her part and now is either asking the person, December, to change lifestyles, or her own December (Destiny) to drift back under her control. These wishes multiply and shower down upon the listener, building up into (breaking, even?) the final chain of the C note.