Being Advent/ Christmas-interested at the moment has lead down all sorts of very odd alleys…
One is that things keep popping up all the time, in my metaphorical peripheral vision, and attracting my attention.
…such as Jo Whiley playing Ash’s Shining Light during the U2 interview yesterday (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/jowhiley/features/u2_day.shtml). Great (but slightly obvious Advent-related) lyrics…
…and the shockingly bad remake of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Great cause, rubbish cover. Nuff said.
But there's a Christmas service in all of this somewhere, don't you think?
Ash – Shining Light
Roman candles that burn in the night
Yeah, you are a shining light
You lit a torch in the infinite
Yeah, you are a shining light
Yeah, you light up my life
You've always been a thorn in their side
But to me you're a shining light
You arrive and the night is alive
We made our connection
A full on chemical reaction
Brought by dark divine intervention
Yeah, you are a shining light
A constellation once seen
Over Royal David's city
An epiphany you burn so pretty
Yeah, you are a shining light
You are a force, you are a constant source
Yeah you are a shining light
Incandescent in the darkest night
Yeah you are shining light
My mortal blood I would sacrifice
For you are a shining light
Sovereign bride of the infinite
Yeah, you are a shining light
Yeah, you light up my life
And these are days you often say
There's nothing that we can't do
Beneath a canopy of stars I'd shed blood for you
The north star in the firmament
You shine the most bright
I've seen you draped in an electric veil
Shrouded in celestial light
3 comments:
You're getting into the Christmas spirit rather early this year...it's not even advent and you've already posted twice about Christmas!!
Laura helped me get my thinking cap on.
As a result, I think I've found a song that could also be used in the Sanctus service.
I'm not sure how Christmassy the lyrics are...
...but see what you think anyway.
xxx Fats
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
O jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We ran into a drifted bank
And there we got upsot
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
O jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
A day or two ago
The story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh
He laughed at me as I there lay
But quickly drove away
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
O jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young
Take the girls along
and sing this sleighing song
Just bet a bobtailed bay
Two forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack!
You'll take the lead
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
O jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
ha ha ha.
Oh ok, so I took it a step too far as usual, in my naive enthusiasm... but really. "Jingle Bells". I ask you... (that's a figure of speech, Eyan, so don't even THINK of writing back!)
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