Merry Christmas (I Love You)

if god takes you he leaves
 a huge footprint of love
 and kindness behind
 which is where you once stood
 and i know you're afraid
 to get on the plane
 after what happened that day
 and selfishly i want you here in my way
 but animals come
 and animals go
 but love is just a laundry line
 we hang on until
 we're dried out by the sun
 and when you think your turn is done
 you end up getting dirty
 and it's all again begun
 now words i think are just
 a noisy dirty wind
 makes the trouble we get in
 so why do we speak
 now we made another war
 that's what men are good for
 men with stupid insecurities
 not a lot more
 and satisfied they try
 its written about again
 but who the hell reads history?
 apparently not men
 cause nothing's guaranteed
 except the politics of need
 did the romans see the ship go down
 or were they asleep?
 i shouldn't expect to live
 and i shouldn't expect to die
 but i wouldnt mind being beside you, dear
 on that laundry line to dry
 and for my grandma and brother
 my father and my mother
 and you my sweetest lover
 to you all i will say
 merry christmas i love you
 and god is above you
 merry christmas i love you
 and god is above you
 merry christmas i love you