Dark Christmas, White Christmas

[00:20.89] White…

[00:24.50] but shadows never sleep.

[00:30.61] Under every silent snowfall,

[00:35.66] a darker truth still breathes.

[00:42.22] Before the candles warmed the night,

[00:47.43] there were fires born from ancient rite.

[00:52.38] Old revels spun through Roman streets,

[00:55.74] wild laughter breaking winter’s peace.

[01:01.86] Not every bell began in praise—

[01:04.95] some rang from long-forgotten days,

[01:12.12] and through the quiet winter air

[01:15.49] their echoes linger everywhere.

[01:23.99] Snow falls soft enough to hide the traces time has drawn,

[01:34.51] Lights shine bright enough to blind the stories long withdrawn.

[01:44.87] Carols sweet enough to make the bitter disappear—

[01:53.79] yet somewhere in the hush, the hidden truth is near.

[02:03.50] I’m dreaming of a dark Christmas,

[02:08.29] where every shadow softens in the snow.

[02:14.32] Not to take the light away,

[02:18.75] but show the glow behind the glow.

[02:24.50] For even white Christmases shimmer

[02:29.20] with shades the world won’t always show.

[02:35.57] And in that stillness,

[02:39.19] darkness teaches light to grow.

[02:47.33] The kindly saint once walked with fear,

[02:52.80] a whispering companion near.

[02:57.74] Old winters brought both gift and dread—

[03:01.09] a tale of chains the children fled.

[03:07.47] Through ages stormed with ban and blame,

[03:12.96] the season nearly lost its name,

[03:17.92] yet from that storm a quiet peace

[03:22.42] found room to breathe, found room to be.

[03:49.54] White…

[03:52.18] nothing’s ever truly white.

[03:57.24] Snow is born from winter’s night,

[04:01.93] light is shaped by darkest sight.

[04:04.85] Two hues entwine,

[04:07.24] and both are right.

[04:11.13] So I’m singing of a white Christmas,

[04:15.91] yet hear the distant dark bells softly ring.

[04:21.21] The world may long for purity,

[04:26.27] but truth is found in everything.

[04:31.75] In every shade of quiet gray,

[04:36.80] in nights that let the morning shine—

[04:42.91] A dark and white Christmas together

[04:47.44] makes this season yours and mine.

[04:54.78] White…

[04:56.27] Dark…

[04:57.36] Neither stands alone.

[05:04.01] Only when they meet as one

[05:08.79] does the true Christmas tone

[05:12.78] begin…

[05:14.55] Merry Dark & White Christmas...