There Comes a Time for Christmas (v5)
The track kicks off with a looped electric guitar riff, walking bass, syncopated drums, and lively bells. Verses feature deep male harmonies atop a sparse post-punk groove. The chorus erupts with rich vocal layering, analog synths, glitch touches, big brass, detuned keys, and driving techno beats. The outro intensifies with bracketed, densely woven vocal textures for a captivating finale.
There Comes a Time for Christmas (v5)
The track kicks off with a looped electric guitar riff, walking bass, syncopated drums, and lively bells. Verses feature deep male harmonies atop a sparse post-punk groove. The chorus erupts with rich vocal layering, analog synths, glitch touches, big brass, detuned keys, and driving techno beats. The outro intensifies with bracketed, densely woven vocal textures for a captivating finale.
Lyrics
Refrain
There comes a time for Christmas
And I really have to ask
If this is feeling merry
How much longer must it last
Verse 1
I wish a one horse open sleigh
Would come carry me away
But I’ve been waiting here all day
And one just hasn’t come my way
Verse 2
Now excuse me if I’m not being reverent
But I’ve was hoping for a miracle to hold me wash me
Save me from a righteous doubt as I watch helpless
And everybody sings
Verse 3
If it’s Hanukah or Kwanza
Solstice, Harvest, or December 25th
Peace on Earth to everyone
And abundance to everyone you’re with
Chorus
(Laha da da da da da)
(Da da da da da da da da da da da)
(La da da da da da da da)
(La da da da da da da da da)
(Laha da da da da)
(Laha da da da da)
Refrain
There comes a time for Christmas
And as you raise the yuletide flask
There’s like this feeling that you carry
As if from every Christmas past
Verse 4
It’s as if each year it grows
It’s like you feel it in your toes
And on and on your carol grows
Harvesting love among your woes
Verse 5
I wanna buy into the benevolence
And I’ve was hoping for a miracle to hold me wash me
Make me know what its’ about
As the longing in me makes me wanna sing:
Bridge
“Noel!” or “Navidad!”
“Seasons Celebrations!”
Or just, “The end of the year!”
Christmas can mean anything
And I mean to keep its hope forever near
Chorus
(Laha da da da da da)
(Da da da da da da da da da da da)
(La da da da da da da da)
(La da da da da da da da da)
(Laha da da da da)
(Laha da da da da)
Transition
As if a cold and frozen soul
Is warm to love by loves own hand
So goes the prayer, If for a day
“Peace on earth, and good will to man.”
At 20 below the winter storm it billows
But the fire is so warm inside
And the children while nestled in their pillows
Dream of St. Nicholas's ride
Verse 6
And the next day they'll get up and they will play
In the still falling Christmas snow
And together we'll celebrate forever
In defiance of the winds that blow
Outro
(I wish a one horse open sleigh) (there comes a time for Christmas)
(Would come carry me away) (and as you raise your yuletide flask)
(But I’ve been waiting here all day) (there’s like this feeling that you carry)
(And one just hasn’t come my way) (as if from every Christmas past)
(Now excuse me if I’m not being reverent) (there comes a time for Christmas)
(But I’ve was hoping for a miracle to hold me wash me) (and I really have to ask)
(Save me from a righteous doubt as I watch helpless) (if this is feeling merry)
(And everybody sings) (how much longer must it last)
(Oh Hanukah or Kwanza) (I wish a one horse open sleigh)
(Solstice, Harvest, or December 25th) (would come carry me away)
(Peace on Earth to everyone) (but I’ve been waiting here all day)
(And abundance to everyone you’re with)
I wish a one horse open sleigh
Would come carry me away
And I’ll keep waiting through next May
Until Christmas comes my way