Empty manger, perfect stranger About to be born Into darkness, sadness, desperate madness Creation so torn We were so lost on Earth, no peace, no worth No way to escape In fear, no faith, no hope, no grace And no light But that was the night before Christmas Warm hay, cold sweat, a mother, not yet Praying Godspeed the dawn She looks to her man, holding her hand They wonder how long And the shepherds, wise men come to find them And bow to a king One star above shining on love So bright It lit up the night before Christmas And the world didn't know Mercy was meek and so mild And the world didn't know The truth was as pure as a child The night before Christmas The night before Christmas And the world didn't know Redemption was sweet and so strong And the world didn't know Salvation was writing a song The night before Christmas The night before Christmas The night before Christmas Empty manger, perfect stranger About to be born

It was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there The children were nestled, all snug in their beds While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap Had just settled down for a long winter's nap When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter Away to the window I flew like a flash Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below When, what to my wondering eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer With a little old driver, so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick More rapid than eagles his coursers they came And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name Now, Dasher, now Dancer, now, Prancer and Vixen On, Comet, on Cupid, on Donder and Blitzen To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall Now dash away, dash away, dash away all As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky So up to the house-top the coursers they flew With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof As I drew in my hand, and was turning around Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot A bundle of toys he had flung on his back And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack His eyes, how they twinkled, his dimples, how merry His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk And laying his finger aside of his nose And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle And away they all flew like the down of a thistle But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night

I see doors in every direction I see them all wide open As I go near they won't close on me Won't close on me They won't close on me I look in every direction Finding my own way out As I go near they won't close on me They won't close on me They won't close on me Everything is possible Even when the sun don't shine 'Cause I know how to walk right through How to walk right through How to walk right through I walk in the rain My shoes fill up with water With every step I get more wet I get more wet I get more wet Step one, step Step two, step Step three, step Step four, step! I can howl down a marching band My voice flies above the sound Flying over the beat of the drums The beat of the drums The beat of the drums I see doors in every direction I see them all wide open As I go near I just walk right through I just walk right through Just walk right through Step one, step Steo two, step Step three, step Step four, step! Step one, step Steo two, step Step three, step Step four, step!

I see Only bright open fields behind you The sunlight shimmers off the crown of your head You look at me with a soft face And I Throw myself into the open air Every particle will catch me there Like in a dream I trust in this In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes And I I can sense your hand in mine Intertwined, I remember you Holding on It runs right through I trust in this In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes I trust in yes And I Throw myself into the open air Every particle will catch me there Like in a dream I trust in this In you, in yes In you, in yes In you, in yes I trust in yes (You, you)

You'll never be more than a lover You will always be the hide-out You've tried it over and over But you will always be the hide-out The hide-out You explain it all to yourself You know it very well You just need the little you take 'Cause he's not deceiving He's just suffering And you can't see yourself leaving You went to see him, so hungry Picked up the crumbs and let him feed you You want him to need you, don't you? He wants your warm hands to heal him You can't heal him You explain it all to yourself You know it very well You just need the little you take 'Cause he's not deceiving He's just suffering And you can't see yourself leaving He tries to fit you in Between his conscious lies and his denials I've been there, my friend Dressed up in my best chameleon skin You explain it all to yourself You know it very well You just need the little you take 'Cause he's not deceiving He's just suffering And you can't see yourself leaving A starving (I want in) Operator (I want in) Connecting (I want in) A starving (I want in) Operator (I want in) Connecting (I want in) A starving (I want in) Operator (I want in) Connecting (I want in) A starving (I want in) Operator (I want in) Connecting (I want in) (I want in)