Christmas Single Lyrics
- The Winter Rose
- Angel Voices
- The Lighted String
- Persephone – Love in Winter
- Carol of the Innocents
- Auld Lang Syne
- Forgiveness (Winter Comes)
- Light A Way (Back Home)
- December Lights (Merry Christmas Dear)
- Tabhartas Dé
- Anmi’s Christmas
- O Holy Night
- A Promise Made (Wedding Day)
A star to guide and a story to tell,
three pilgrims to follow its path.
On their way met a girl, there tending her sheep,
on a Bethlehem hillside on Christmas.
The magi, they traveled to find the Christ Child,
to their destination, unknown.
Through the darkness, Madelon followed the three
down to the the manger below.
There’s a flower that grows in the cold winter night(s),
and It breaks through the snow with its petals of white.
But Madelon knows how it first came to be—
that The Winter Rose blooms on Christmas.
The star halted there and burned like the dawn,
at a stable, unfit for his birth.
And the wise men approached, going down on there knees,
bearing precious gifts of great worth.
“I have nothing for you” admitted the girl;
so she scoured the fields alone,
in search of flower to gift the Christ Child,
finding nothing beneath the fresh snow,
And so…
she wept
But the angels were moved by her sadness…
And a miracle grew from her tears.
As the heart of child is closer to God,
so The winter rose blooms on Christmas
I saw three kings
with gifts they bring
On Christmas Day,
On Christmas Day,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
She stood there before the Son of Man,
beneath the Christmas Star.
With the white winter flower she placed in his hand,
she warmed his Sacred Heart.
I saw a rose
in the snow it grows,
On Christmas Day
On Christmas Day
On Christmas Day in the morning.
She said, “I fear I have nothing but this…
and you carry the world alone.”
But each Christmas her flower returns to the field(s)
with a love that shines through the snow…
Where she wept.
But the angels were moved by her sadness…
And a miracle grew from her tears.
As the heart of child is closer to God,
so The winter rose blooms on Christmas
But the angels were moved by her sadness…
And a miracle grew from her tears.
As the heart of child is closer to God,
so The winter rose blooms on Christmas
There’s a flower that grows in the cold winter night(s),
and It breaks through the snow with its petals of white.
But Madelon knows how it first came to be—
that The Winter Rose blooms
on Christmas Eve.
I saw a rose
In the snow it grows,
On Christmas Day
On Christmas Day
On Christmas Day in the morning.
I heard the Angel Voices rise
like thunder against the mountainside, dancing through the fields in flight
to rest upon my lips.
And when I looked to see them sing, their anthem for an infant king, Heaven bent its mighty knee
to greet this newborn child.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
I wandered out into the night;
Its darkness broken by the light.
A star was burning in the sky
like the dawning of a sun.
And there before me high above they sang the sacred song of love, A thousand -million souls of man— their voices all as one.
(In the bitter cold
It shines like gold, shimmering down on the world below. The solstice sky shines out of time, as all creation sings tonight. …Sings tonight.)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
You can hear them,
if you listen,
Angel Voices In the night.
And with my frenzied dreaming mind, I heard the whispering inside,
Daring me to be the man
I know that I can be.
And though its cold and bleak today, that sense of hope, it still remains— A beacon bright to guide my heart and help me find my way.
(I close my eyes
to see my life,
like a phoenix
burning bright.
…Comes shining through)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
You can hear them,
if you listen,
Angel Voices In the night.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Every new December seems to catch me unprepared
and every year gets harder still and no one seems to care. But I’ve got a little magic left, a miracle to play—
from before the isolation almost everyday
I have to say—
Have a Lovely, lovely Christmas Let it mend your broken heart Have a lovely, lovely Christmas With lighted strings to fill the dark Have a lovely, lovely Christmas And just know this much is true
If you’re tired and you’re broken
Then believe in me, and I’ll believe in you
And looking out my window
is it safe to go outside?
Life keeps marching forward, while we’re just marking time…
Have a Lovely, lovely Christmas To mend your broken heart
Have a lovely, lovely Christmas With lighted strings to fill the dark Have a lovely, lovely Christmas And I know this much is true
If you’re tired and you’re broken
Then believe in me, and I’ll believe in you
Sing a song with me tonight Sing a song and make it better Sing a song with me tonight And I’ll believe in you
And I hope that you can hear me If your lonely and afraid
I hope that you can hear me
If you’ve somehow lost your way In this cacophony…
of entropy…
The universe is wise
And everything you need to be Is written here inside
Have a Lovely, lovely Christmas To mend your broken heart
Have a lovely, lovely Christmas With lighted strings to fill the dark Have a lovely, lovely Christmas And I know this much is true
If you’re tired and you’re broken
Then believe in me, and I’ll believe in you
Have a Lovely, lovely Christmas To mend your broken heart
While the faery lights are dancing Like a beacon in the dark
Have a lovely, lovely Christmas
And we know this much is true
If you’re tired and you’re broken
Then believe in me, and I’ll believe in you
Persephone – Love in Winter
2020
She looks just like an angel
Stretching box tape on your heart
She treats you like you’re poetry
She loves you like you’re art
When she kisses you it’s Christmas
It’s New Years and Halloween
She arrives here like she’s leaving
But she’s somewhere in between
Persephone’s gone underground
As winters lovesong reaches down
Persephone’s gone underground
And the seasons start to change
Persephone’s gone underground
A silver circle platinum bound
Persephone’s gone underground
And she belongs to me…
Her heart belongs to me…
So you just can’t help but love her…
— when she’s locked away,
December sings her absence
With its snow and ice and rain.
When she kisses me it’s Christmas
-It’s New Years and Halloween.
She arrives here like she’s leaving
But she’s somewhere in between
Persephone’s gone underground
As winters lovesong reaches down
Persephone’s gone underground
And the seasons start to change
Persephone’s gone underground
A silver circle platinum bound
Persephone’s gone underground
And she belongs with me…
Persephone’s gone underground
As winters lovesong reaches down
Persephone’s gone underground
And the seasons start to change
Persephone’s gone underground
A silver circle platinum bound
Persephone’s gone underground
And she belongs to me…
I’ll wait here in this darkness
For the warmth my lover brings
Upon this throne We’re not alone
There’s light from my Christmas tree
You’re so far away from me now…
So far away
So far away
So far away from me
Persephone’s gone underground
A silver circle platinum bound
Persephone’s gone underground
And she belongs to me…
Her heart belongs to me
Carol of the Innocents
2018
Lullee Lullay, my sleeping Child,
By-bye lullee, lullay.
Lullee Lullay, my little tiny Child,
By-bye lullee, lullay.
Oh wounded too, what may we do
Whose words will redeem this day,
My poor Youngling for whom I sing
By-bye lullee, lullay.
Herod the King, in his raging,
Has stolen our joy away;
With men of might; extinguish the light,
As children so young… are slain.
In sorrow we, poor Child for Thee,
As ever we mourn and say;
This parting stings…my lips still sing,
By-bye lullee, lullay.
Lullee Lullay, my sleeping Child,
By-bye lullee, lullay.
Lullee Lullay, my little tiny Child,
By-bye lullee, lullay.
God’s fragile light survived this night
The prince of our hope remains
Let angels guard his sacred heart
Remember lullee, lullay
Lullee Lullay, oh precious child,
To Egypt lullee, lullay.
Lullee Lullay, in Mary’s arms,
By-bye lullee, lullay.
*
Auld Lang Syne
2016
should old acquantance be forgot
and never thought upon?
the flames of love extinguished out
and fully past and gone?
is your sweet heart now grown
oh so cold
my soul’s embrace denied?
will you never pause
to know love lost
in times gone by?
For auld lang syne
my love
for auld lang syne
i’ll drink a cup
of heartbreak yet,
for auld lang syne
and surely you will find your way
as surely i’ll find mine
but i’ll offer you some kindness yet
for auld lang syne
For auld lang syne
my love
for auld lang syne
i’ll offer you
some kindness yet,
for auld lang syne
Forgiveness (Winter Comes)
2015
as the seasons change before me
becoming fields of white
shimmering tides meet downcast eyes
and day bows low to night
where emptiness is hidden
beneath the Christmas snow
the rose that grows in the bitter cold
is clinging still to hope…
elegant and beautiful
tomorrow slips away…
and nothing this December night
will bring back yesterday.
And i miss you, so deeply…
it haunts me in my dreams,
I hear the angels whispering
You choose what you believe…
Winter comes… colder than before
and I miss you… always… but now seems so much more
when Winter comes… with a flood of memories
I can’t let go, you have to know
that Christmas…
is forgiveness.
forgiveness
forgiveness
they tell me time will heal these wounds
but i’m stronger now
even if thats true,
I promise… i promise you
i won’t forget you.
Winter comes… colder than before
and I miss you… always… but it feels like so much more
And Winter comes… with a flood of memories
I can’t let go, but you should know
that Christmas…
is forgiveness.
Winter comes… colder than before
and I miss you… always… but now its just so much more
And Winter comes… cascading memories
I can’t let go, I love you so
its Christmas…
Winter comes… colder than before
and I miss you… always… but now its just so much more
And Winter comes… with a flood of memories
I can’t let go, but you should know
that Christmas…
is all about forgiveness.
and you are…
and you are…
forgiven.
Light A Way (Back Home)
2014
Was a Chill beyond the morning on that fateful Winters day
She was fighting back the teardrops in her eyes
He put his arms around her and he told her to be strong
“I’ll be back to you before to long”
So each night she kept a watch alone above the sea
a statue on the widows walk she stood
With a prayer to the horizon and a hymn upon her breath
To warm her in the frozen cold December rain
“Light a way in the darkness,
Light a way through the storm,
I’ll return to you” we heard him say
“Now you keep that fire burning and you hold the lantern high
I’ll be home in time for Christmas Day”
And hope may have its limits but she would not let it fall
That light would bring him safely back to land
With eyes locked on the distance where the tempest struck the sea
Defiance singing bring my lover home to me
“Light a way in the darkness,
Light a way through the storm,
I’ll return to you” we heard him say
“Now you keep that fire burning and you hold the lantern high
I’ll be home in time for Christmas Day”
“You’d better live
You’d better fight
and Dear Heart don’t you die tonight
and leave me here a widow all alone.
Now its Christmas Eve you fool
and I’m such a fool for you
So you’d better find your way back home”
Came Christmas in the Morning
where the sun cut through the clouds
Stood a lonely lovely figure painted white-
And a vessel in the distance strapped upon a limping prayer
from the darkness to the beacon still… burning bright
“Light a way in the darkness,
Light a way through the storm,
I’ll return to you” we heard him say
“Now you keep that fire burning and you hold the lantern high
I’ll be home in time for Christmas Day”
“You’d better live
You’d better fight
and Dear Heart don’t you die tonight
and leave me here a widow all alone.
Now its Christmas Eve you fool
and I’m such a fool for you
So you’d better find your way back home”
December Lights (Merry Christmas Dear)
2013
December lights fill the darkness
I can almost see your face…theres so much I took for granted
In every “yesterday”.
finding words scratched out on Christmas cards
written long ago…what survived in ink is fading now
still I can’t let go…
So I’ll dust off all my memories and say-
Merry Christmas dear- ____
but its not the same without you
No its just not Christmas here…
Alone,
Only postcards from before
I’ll drown in my imagination
hearing whispers in my dreams
all these odds and ends, just play pretend
to bring you…back to me…
So I’ll dust off all my memories and say-
Merry Christmas dear- ____
but its not the same without you
No its just not Christmas here… So I’ll close my eyes and make believe
till the morning light appears
Oh it might be Christmas somewhere
but its just not Christmas here
and I wouldn’t trade the smallest fraction back
of the happiness that we’ve had
But the very thoughts that bring me joy
can sometimes leave me sad-
God I miss you…
I’ll dust off all my memories and say-
Merry Christmas dear- ____
but its not the same without you
No its just not Christmas here…
So I’ll close my eyes and make believe
till the morning light appears
Oh tonight its Christmas somewhere
but its just not Christmas here
my thoughts and prayers will find you, Where ever you may be.
My thoughts and prayers will find you
and bring you back to me…
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas dear ____.
Tabhartas Dé
2012
I have no gift to give you,
just a blessing to bestow.
Breathing words, a wish becomes alive
be a lantern in the darkness
Whose presence, like the sun,
brings the angels down to Earth to keep the fire
for on this meek and humble stage played the passion of a prince
who came to bear the weight of sin away like an Atlas to the burden
A world upon his back
for all in love a sacrifice he made
May the road rise up to meet you
and your actions stand for everything you are,
may your dreaming
find a doorway
to carry with you Christmas in your heart
for each storm in life, a rainbow
for every tear you cry,
I wish that God may bless you with a smile.
may heartbreak make you stronger
and lead you to true love
And may your hardships always be worthwhile
May the road rise up to meet you
and your actions stand for everything you are,
may your dreaming
find a doorway
to carry with you Christmas in your heart
may your days be filled with laughter
Your nights rest unafraid
May you find his peace in everything you do
may a prayer spent with compassion,
rest upon your lips
-may you carry always Christmas with you
To your children his protection and I pray that you may see
your children’s children long before you die
And when you leave the world of men you’ll find loved ones again and Christmas will be the reason why…
May the road rise up to meet you
May your actions stand for everything you are, may your dreaming
find a doorway
to carry with you Christmas in your heart
May the road rise up to meet you
may luck favor you in everything you do, may your dreaming
find a doorwayto carry always Christmas with you.
To your children his protection
and I pray that you will see
your children’s children long before you die
And when you break your mortal shackles I’ll find your soul reborn
and may Christmas, become your lullaby
Anmi’s Christmas
2011
C O M I N G . S O O N
O Holy Night
2010
C O M I N G . S O O N
A Promise Made (Wedding Day)
2007
I see reflections of tomorrow
And a story becoming life
I see the sum of every perfect thought
Unlocked within my mind
Can our dream survive a thousand lives?
To linger when we die
Can a promise last forever?
Where lifetimes intertwine
For in your hand my essence rests
As does your spirit mine
My dearest friend
My deepest love…
Is sentiment divine?
I can be certain
There’s nowhere else to be
Than in your arms
When the world comes down on me
I can believe it
And give myself away
To face our every burden
With a promise made on our wedding day
My promise is an angel’s bow
Like an anchor to the heart
Casting arrows into the snow
Unknowing where you are
And if a promise is forever
Words that can’t forget
Then it lives within the heart of God
A love without regret
I can be certain (and can you see?)
There’s nowhere else to be (what you mean to me)
Than in your arms
When the world belongs to me
I can believe it (and I believe)
And give myself away (in you and me)
To live out every moment
With a promise made on our wedding day