Was a long and dark December/From the rooftops I remember/There was snow/ White snow/ Clearly I remember/ From the windows they were watching/ While we froze/ Down below/ When the future's architectured/ By a carnival of idiots on show/ You'd better lie low/ If you love me/ Won't you let me know?/ Was a long and dark December/ When the banks became cathedrals/ And the fog/ Became God/ Priests clutched onto bibles/ Hollowed out to fit their rifles/ And the cross was held aloft/ Bury me in honor/ When I'm dead and hit the ground/ A love back home unfolds/ If you love me/ Won't you let me know? / I don't want to be a soldier/ Who the captain of some sinking ship/ Would stow, far below/ So if you love me/ Why'd you let me go?/ I took my love down to Violet Hill/ There we sat in snow/ All that time she was silent still / So if you love me/ Won't you let me know?/ If you love me,/ Won't you let me know?//