Greg Lake
One of my favourite “popular” Christmas songs. Though it is not a
Christmas song. Perhaps?
Death of the author is a cool concept. Art is what people see or hear
it to be, so if the public at large believes this is a Christmas song
who am I to argue? Well part of said public I suppose.
They said there'll
be snow at christmas
They said there'll
be peace on earth
But instead it just
kept on raining
A veil of tears for
the virgin's birth
I remember one
christmas morning
A winters light and
a distant choir
And the peal of a
bell and that christmas tree smell
And their eyes full
of tinsel and fire
A look at Christmas
from the eyes of someone out of the loop as such. Taking all that we
have come to accept as the perfect Christmas at heart and being
disappointed by the reality. Also it is a lament on the lost meaning
of Christmas, and at the magic that doesn't exist.
It even goes deep
into the outsider view and the are some very cute misunderstandings.
It also shatters innocence, seeing who is acting as Santa. It is all
wrapped around a hopeful facade of Christmas cheer and traditions.
They sold me a dream
of christmas
They sold me a
silent night
And they told me a
fairy story
'till I believed in
the israelite
And I believed in
father christmas
And I looked at the
sky with excited eyes
'till I woke with a
yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and
through his disguise
It ends on a
brighter note, wishing us a happy Christmas, but it has a sting in
its tail. What Christmas do we deserve? Dose it even matter what kind
of Christmas you celebrate?
The musical
crescendo near the end and the power in the vocals makes me shiver,
it is one of the few songs to have a physical impact on me. His voice
is fantastic and the performance is alive and emotive, you feel his
sadness and hope.
I wish you a hopeful
christmas
I wish you a brave
new year
All anguish pain and
sadness
Leave your heart and
let your road be clear
They said there'll
be snow at christmas
They said there'll
be peace on earth
Hallelujah noel be
it heaven or hell
The christmas you
get you deserve
I love this song and
I love that it is a Christmas song.
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