"In spite of history, hope is January white."

I've told you that I like having a soundtrack for my life. So, obviously, I have a New Year's Eve song every year. It's traditionally been Death Cab For Cutie's "The New Year." This year it's Sleeping At Last's "January White."

Enjoy. And a very happy New Year to you, friends!

(Lyrics)

So let's press undo

Rearrange the old and call it new

January white

Every calendar is playing the same old trick

A year will disappear replaced with counterfeit

But we'll never really mind

If nothing else we're given a little time

To change the game, a chance to redefine

Everything we are

In our January white

This year's a sealed envelope

A culmination of hopes

The lottery result that we've been crossing fingers for

We could paint our walls a lighter shade of blue

We could pack our bags, change the entire view

To January white

If nothing else we're given a little time

To change the heart in which we change our minds

Our hourglasses turn

This year's a sealed envelope

With apprehensive hope, we brace for anything

I swear I understand nothing changes that

And the past will be the past

But the future is brighter than any flashback

We could let our guards down a little easier this time

We could trust that when there's joy, there's nothing dark behind

In spite of history

Hope is January white

This year we're starting over again

Letter openers in hand

A chance to take a chance

I swear I understand the past will be the past

And nothing changes that

But the future is brighter than any flashback