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Coventry Carols

by Ingeborg von Agassiz

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1.
Advent Hymn 03:42
Dear, it's been a long cold silence Please, I've been seeking guidance Falling leaves against the moonrise Dear, it was a long hard summer Oh, how I long for slumber Where can I find a resting place? Oh, I just wait Oh, can't escape Oh, pretty lights In the dark While I drive Candles flicker gold light Christmas time is in sight I got a feeling about something There is a ghost tap tapping The walls are trembling cracking Signs that can't possibly mean nothing Oh, I just wait Oh, can't escape Oh, pretty lights In the dark While I drive (Repeat)
2.
The doors open to a chapel Inside was falling snow And ravens perched upon the pews At the end of every row The echos of a Gothic choir From the 13th Century Were ringing in the rafters They're singing now for me In the deep and dark of winter When nighttime rules the day We spirits from the shadows Come out to sing and play I went to kneel beneath the cross Moved by something in the air But the pleading murmur of their voices Interrupt my Christmas prayer They said In the deep and dark of winter When nighttime rules the day We spirits from the shadows Come out to sing and play (Repeat) Terror swept upon me now I run scared into the night And turned to see the chapel Had vanished from my sight
3.
The long dark hallway And the cold cold floor And the creaking sounds I never heard before But suddenly a silence It swept over me And the lights went out Upon the balsam tree Christmas in the dark In the deep of night It'll be alright Just to be alone Through this long long night In a quiet home The clock struck midnight And I couldn't sleep So I lay awake With a book to read But suddenly I heard a whisper And turned around And I'm haunted still By that ghostly sound Christmas in the dark In the deep of night It'll be alright Just to be alone Through this long long night In a quiet home I step outside upon the snow See stars so far away Is there a star up in the sky That just appeared today? Christmas in the dark In the deep of night It'll be alright Just to be alone Through this long long night In a quiet home Christmas in the dark In the deep of night It'll be alright To find yourself alone On this long long night In such a quiet home
4.
Ebenezer 03:58
Christmas There's something so alarming By carolers so charming Have they nothing in life hollow and grim? Echos of doom have always found me And madness it surrounds me The stars up in the sky have grown dim Take me far from all these places Shadows haunt the faces Leave me to my own I just want to be alone Tugging at my heartstrings All the dark and sad things Snowflakes quiet falling And this voice keeps calling from the past "This Christmas here may be your last" Winter A shiver in the cold air The ghost of ancient days here He's come to set my soul right tonight We go through valleys not remembered Such images he rendered Once frozen come alive in this light Take me far from all these places Shadows haunt the faces Don't leave me on my own I don't want to be alone Take me far from all these places Shadows haunt the faces Of people I forgot but how Tiny Tim has my heart now
5.
I want more from Christmas Than all the gifts beneath your tree I want more than all the toys in Santa's sleigh Sometimes I wish that stuff would go away Walmart on so many Christmas eves Shopping for something no one needs Stand in the aisle and a song comes on That has me hope this year we might all get along I want more from Christmas Than all the stuffing in your stockings I want more than credit cards could buy Sometimes all that stuff just makes me cry Wrapping gifts and sipping wine at night Somehow I'm gonna make this Christmas right Little tokens wrapped in tissue green and red Can I make up for things I have done and said? I want more from Christmas Than I would ever dare to ask for I want something that I have never seen Like something that exists inside a dream I want something that I have never seen Like something that exists inside a dream
6.
Angels in the doorway I hear their little feet The drummer boy is playing And they're marching to his beat Angels in the attic Playing trains and playing dolls I hear their little whispers Through the floorboards and the walls Candle shimmers on window frost O forgotten ones of this world lost Each little light seen in the dark I think of them with every spark Angels in the fire Apparitions in the flames Their voices up the chimneys In the sky I see their names These angels walk among us But in summer they are gone They return in winter's nighttime And they vanish before dawn Candle shimmers on window frost O forgotten ones of this world lost Each little light seen in the dark I think of them with every spark Each little light seen in the dark I think of them with every spark
7.
We are not tired at all Won't sleep a wink Watching with our little eyes Won't even blink! Peering out the window At a world that's fast asleep We've a sacred duty A watch that we must keep We are not tired at all Won't sleep a wink Watching with our little eyes Won't even blink! Listening for the signs Of magic still alive And searching for the proof That only we can find We are not tired at all Won't sleep a wink Watching with our little eyes Won't even blink! (Repeat)
8.
*Traditional Song* Jolly old St. Nicholas Lean your ear this way Don't you tell a single soul What I'm going to say Christmas Eve is coming soon Now you dear old man Whisper what you'll bring to me Tell me if you can When the clock is striking twelve When I'm fast asleep Down the chimney broad and black With your pack you'll creep All the stockings you will find Hanging in a row Mine will be the shortest one You'll be sure to know Johnny wants a pair of skates Suzy wants a sled Nellie wants a picture book Yellow, blue, and red Now I think I'll leave to you What to give the rest Choose for me dear Santa Claus You will know the best
9.
So many silent nights That seem to never end The black sky goes on forever And then goes on again So many silent nights So many silent nights It seems eternal darkness Without a spark of light No star in the distance To ease the endless night I turned on the TV To hear the preacher preach But I could hear no thing In his silent speech So many silent nights So many silent nights It seems eternal darkness Has come to take me down And I'm looking for a star Where there's no star to be found I could not hear the choir Nor hear the grand applause I could not hear the ho ho ho From good old Santa Claus So many silent nights That seem to never end The silence goes on forever And then goes on again So many silent nights So many silent nights
10.
The snow it glitters like Diamond dust upon the breeze Sprinkled by an unseen hand On buildings and on trees On the streets garlands and wreaths The sidewalks slush and gray Car exhaust and honking horns Along the merry way Jukebox tunes played in the pub Folks seated at the bar Sipping mugs of beer and wine And searching for a star A rented flat on Second Street Its windows blinking lights Little beacons flash in time Through darkened winter nights Churches glow like embers Ancient stories in stained glass The holy sound of “Silent Night” Being sung at midnight mass Snowflakes flutter in the air No haste to reach the ground They drift like angel feathers Oh, so peaceful without sound

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A dark holiday album featuring original songs that celebrate the mysterious, macabre, magical, and often bleak side of the holiday season.

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released November 19, 2021

Written, performed, and produced by Ingeborg von Agassiz. Mixed by Adam Krinsky. Mastered by Greg Reierson.

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