[NARRATION]



Another year has come and past 

Like moments through an hourglass 

And at the end of this year's trail 

An offering, a final tale 



Of love, long lost 

And then refound 

And the child by which 

Those dreams were bound 



Of a dusty hotel 

That was long past old 

And the shadows and the memories 

Its hallways still hold 



For things that are old 

Have the best tales to tell 

And usually, 

They tell them well 



And so it's here, my dear children 

That our story truly starts 

When the lord sent once more to the earth 

An angel, with a childlike heart 



And on this night his mission was 

To find somewhere on this earth 

That human that best reflected his son 

And carried on his work 



And since this mission from his lord 

Had to be completed on this one night 

The angel quickly unfolded his wings 

And towards the earth took flight 



And this night, in case you have not guessed 

Was once more christmas eve 

When snow and light and angels' flights 

All together weave 



But of the angel's instructions 

There was one thing more 

That would make this journey to the earth 

Harder than all the ones before 



For the lord had also told the angel 

That he could only use his wings twice this christmas eve 

Once when he descended to the earth 

And once more when he would leave 

(not unlike ourselves some think, 

Or at least so i believe) 



Now this put quite a complication 

In what the angel planned 

For now he had to choose most carefully 

Exactly where he would land 



He needed to find a single place 

That would represent all mankind 

But humans were such a varied lot 

Such a place would surely be hard to find 



A single place where there would be 

Humans of every race and creed 

The rich and poor, the thrilled and bored 

The failures with those who succeed 



But after a few moments 

Carefully placed in thought 

The answer appeared in the angel's mind 

The city called new york 



And as he neared that city 

Where all those souls did dwell 

He felt himself being drawn towards 

An old, rundown hotel 



For in a city that usually had 

Guards at nearly every single door 

This one just had a sign that said "vacancies, 

There is always room for one more" 



Now why the angel decided to stop there 

He could not quite say the reason 

But he thought the sign upon that hotel 

Somehow fit the sentiment of this season 



Now even after all these years 

The building was still a work of art 

And though some facade had crumbled here and there 

Most still had their parts 



The walls were made of granite 

Not aluminum or steel 

And every pillar and ballistrade 

Still had its artist's feel 



Every gutter had a gargoyle 

Every gargoyle had its wings 

For angels can appreciate 

Other flying things 



So he landed on a cathedral roof 

Across the street from that hotel 

And looked down upon the world below 

Where all those souls did dwell 



And sitting on that rooftop 

With his friend the winter wind 

He gazed carefully at that scene below 

As he slowly took it in 



[THE LOST CHRISTMAS EVE]



On a street in the night 

In the cold winter's light 

A child stands alone and she's waiting 



And the light that's out there 

It just hangs in the air 

As if it was just hesitating 



And the snow it comes down 

And it muffles the sound 

Of dreams on their way to tomorrow 



And when they appear 

This night will hold them near 

For where they will lead 

She will follow 



For here in this city of lights 

This evening awakens 

The dreams that it might 

The winter it conjures 

The spells it will weave 

The snow gently covers the ground 

Christmas eve 



In this scene 

On this night 

There's an ancient hotel 

Where shadows they do tend to wander 



And the ghosts that live here 

Hold each moment so dear 

For time's not a thing one should squander 



And they recount their sand 

As it runs through their hand 

And examine each moment for meaning 



It can be wished upon 

Till the moment it's gone 

Like day disappears into evening 



For here in this city of lights 

This evening awakens 

The dreams that it might 

The winter it conjures 

The moment is seized 

The snow gently covers the ground 

Christmas eve 



Merry christmas 

Merry christmas 

Merry christmas 

Merry christmas 



Christmas 

Christmas 

Christmas 

Christmas 



Through this night 

The dream still wanders 

As it was meant to be 

And every year this night grows fonder 



Of children and circumstance 

Caught in this childhood dance 

As the world turns around 

Keeping dreams on the ground 



Windows of frosted ice 

Prisming candlelight 

And somehow we 

Start to believe 



In the night and the dream 

As it cuts through the noise 

With the whisper of snow 

As it starts to deploy 



In the depths of a night 

That's about to begin 

With the feeling of snow 

As it melts on your skin 



And it covers the land 

With a dream so intense 

That it returns us all 

To a child's innocence 



And then what you'd thought lost 

And could never retrieve 

Is suddenly there to be found 

On christmas eve 

On christmas eve 

On christmas...