Trans Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve

From the album The Lost Christmas Eve (2004). Vocals by J. Mark McVey

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 off 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...

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Tags:

• trans
• siberian
• orchestra
• lost
• christmas
• eve

[PunkAngel789]

Could you post the Lyrics to this song???

And also What Is Christmas? [Its my fave next to this ///_^]

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

[zorland876]

@PunkAngel789 No problem :)

[ridingisasport]

Can you post more of TSO's songs please???

[zorland876]

@ridingisasport Anything specific?

[Kajine64]

TSO is my kind of Christmas Music. I'm tired of all this muppet Rudolf dentist elf bull puckey, its about time folks to shopping to songs like this in their local mall and put all the old crap away. TSO Foxtrot Tango frickin Whiskey

[vladimir2tod4ever97]

My favorite part of this song is when they have a child say "Merry Christmas". It just adds a feeling of mystery and magic.

[TomGirardin]

Screw christmas, I listen to this YEAR ROUND! :D

[CloudcoleVII]

Just saw J. Mark McVey play Valjean and he was sensational. Best rendition of Bring Him Home I've ever heard. I wanted to know if HE was the one who sung this particular badass song form the album, and it looks like he was.

[iloveroxythedog]

hi so my cosin whants..... UGGS yes yes yes yes

[ineedaname004]

CHRISTMAS EVEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!11

[manchesterunited170]

Why can't I find , what is christmas

[XMetalxPrincessX12]

I get goosebumps every time I hear this song!

[TomGirardin]

3:03 - 4:12 Best Part

0:00 - 5:34 Was my favorite tho

[TheFlood911]

@Kajine64 I agree its awsome, hell to me its heavens kind of music. BUT! Those old songs that band had simply revived them, and the old ones have memories. So keep the old "crap" out and listen to them both in my opinion.

[booshadowolf7]

i can relate to this beutiful song..so much loss in life!!!

[MrFishraff]

The guitar in the snowglobe is the one that is in a painting of Criss Oliva - Jon Oliva's brother and co-founder of Savatage. He died in '93 - Hence the hand reaching down to remove the guitar in the snowglobe. That is why the guitar starts out searching for it's rhythm and seems to give you a taste, yet never reaching it's full potential. When the guitar appears to find it's full potential, it goes silent, and starts searching again. Well Done TSO.