Every year the same reaction
A familiar smile on an ageing face
I shake your hand we share a moment
A tired joke but a warm embrace
Every year the same reminder,
That when we say that we’ve come so far,
We mean the past is behind us
And this gesture is all that we are,
The value of the gesture
Is right there in this card
The words remain the same
Although we drift apart
Exchange a token snapshot from our past
With a moment that will surely never last
We’re locked in, we go in circles,
Repeating rituals in an endless game,
We’re trapped attached to repetition,
It’s simpler remaining the same,
But when I look, when I remember,
When I consider letting go,
I still enjoy the memories,
Sharing something that only we know,
The value of the gesture
Is right there in this card
The words remains the same
Although we drifted apart
Exchanges that are snapshots of our past
These moments that we know will never last
What would I give now
For a chance to make a gesture and make it count
And would I know how
To tell you how I feel
I think I know now
How this thing brought us together
And that those moments last forever,
And why they make this real
Every year the same reaction
My smile wavered on my ageing face
I’d shake your hand we’d share a moment
What I’d give now for that warm embrace
See ya next year