Sarah Brightman - A Winter Symphony: all lyrics and translations

Contents

1. Arrival   (3:15)
2. Colder Than Winter   (4:02)
3. Ave Maria -- duet with Fernando Lima   (4:08)
4. Silent Night   (3:08)
5. In The Bleak Midwinter   (3:43)
6. I've Been This Way Before   (3:50)
7. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring   (3:58)
8. Child In A Manger   (3:08)
9. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday   (4:42)
10. Amazing Grace   (3:04)
11. Ave Maria -- Gounod   (2:52)
12. I Believe In Father Christmas   (3:44)
13. When A Child Is Born   (3:41)
14. Carpe Diem -- duet with Mario Frangoulis   (3:57)
15. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)   (3:27)

16. First Of May
17. He Moved Through The Fair

1. Arrival

We'll be here awaiting their arrival
How that moment's gonna shine
May they ring then, in our hearts
The jubilant bells of "Auld Lang Syne"

Sing, sing, sing the song of sirens
if that is what it takes
Bring, bring, bring them back again to each
lonely heart that aches

I'll be first to know of your arrival
I'll love to pour the wine
May they ring then, in our hearts
The jubilant bells of "Auld Lang Syne"

I'll be first to know of your arrival
I'll be first to pour the wine
May they ring then, in our hearts
The jubilant bells of "Auld Lang Syne"

Sing, sing, sing a song of sadness
that they are so long gone
Bring, bring, bring a ray of hope
and the courage to go on

We'll be here awaiting their arrival
How that moment's gonna shine
May they ring then, in our hearts
The jubilant bells of "Auld Lang Syne"

We'll be here awaiting their arrival
How that moment's gonna shine
May they ring then, in our hearts
The jubilant bells of "Auld Lang Syne"

Sing, sing, sing a song they sang with us
When they sailed away

2. Colder Than Winter

Couldn't make you love me
Couldn't give you any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

Every time the sun sets
I shed another tear
And the lonelier [that] I get
Wishing you were still here

It's colder than winter
I'm freezing inside
My tears won't be bitter
Even though our love died

Couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give you any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

Couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give you any more
Now it's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

3. Ave Maria -- duet with Fernando Lima

4. Silent Night

Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from Heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia
Christ the Saviour is born
Christ the Saviour is born

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
'Round yon virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant, so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

5. In The Bleak Midwinter

Our God, heaven cannot hold Him
Nor earth sustain
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign

In the bleak midwinter, a stable place sufficed
The Lord God almighty, Jesus Christ

Angels and archangels may have gathered there
Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air
But His mother only in her maiden bliss
Worshiped the Beloved with a kiss

What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part
Yet what I can I give Him - give my heart

6. I've Been This Way Before

For I've been refused
And I've been regained
And I've seen your eyes before
And I'm sure to see your eyes again
Once again

For I've been released
And I've been regained
And I've sung my song before
And I'm sure to sing my song again
Once again

Some people got to laugh
Some people got to sigh
Some people got to make it through
By never wondering why

Some people got to sing
Some people got to sigh
Some people never see the light
Until the day they die

But I've been released
And I've been regained
And I've been this way before
And I'm sure to be this way before
Once again

One more time again
Just one more time

7. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

Drawn by Thee, our souls, aspiring
Soar to uncreated light

Word of God, our flesh that fashion'd
With the fire of life impassion'd

Striving still for truth unknown
Soaring, dying, 'round Thy throne

8. Child In A Manger

Once the most holy
Child of salvation
Gently and lowly
Lived here below
Now as our glorious mighty Redeemer
See Him victorious
O'er each foe

Prophets foretold Him
Infant of wonder
Angels behold Him on His throne
Worthy our Saviour
Of all our praises

Happy forever are His own
Happy forever are His own

9. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

Well, I wish it could be Christmas everyday
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
Oh, I wish it could be Christmas everyday
So let the bells ring out for Christmas

When you're skating in the park
If the snow cloud makes it dark
Then your rosy cheeks gonna light my merry way
Now the frosty paws appear
And they've frozen up my ear
So we'll lie by the fire
'Til the sleet simply knocks them all away

Well, I wish it could be Christmas everyday
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
Oh, I wish it could be Christmas everyday
So let the bells ring out for Christmas

When the snowman brings the snow (snowman brings the snow)
Well, he just might like to know (just might like to know)
He's put a great big smile on somebody's face
So if Santa brings that sleigh (Santa brings that sleigh)
Along the Milky Way (along the Milky Way)
I'll sign my name on the rooftop in the snow
Then he may decide to stay

Well, I wish it could be Christmas everyday
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
Oh, I wish it could be Christmas everyday
So let the bells ring out for Christmas

Well, I wish it could be Christmas everyday
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
Oh, I wish it could be Christmas everyday
So let the bells ring out for Christmas

Why don't you give your love for Christmas
When the snowman brings the snow     (8 times; fade-out)

10. Amazing Grace

The earth shall soon
Dissolve like snow
The sun forget to shine
But God, who brought me here below
Will be forever mine

Through Him many dangers,
Toils and snares
I have already come
It was grace that brought me here thus far
And grace will lead me home

11. Ave Maria (Gounod)

12. I Believe In Father Christmas

They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a Silent Night
They told me a fairy story
'Til I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in Father Christmas
I looked at the sky with excited eyes
'Til I woke with a yawn
In the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise

I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave New Year
All anguish, pain and sadness
Leave your heart and
Let your road be clear

They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
Hallelujah Noel, be it Heaven or Hell
The Christmas you get, you deserve

13. When A Child Is Born

A silent wish sails the seven seas
The winds of change
Whisper in the trees
And the walls of doubt crumble
Tossed and torn
This comes to pass
When a child is born

A rosy hue settles all around
You've got the feel
You're on solid ground
For a spell or two
No one seems forlorn
This comes to pass
When a child is born

It's all a dream, an illusion now
It must come true
Sometime soon, somehow
All across the land
Dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass
When a child is born

14. Carpe Diem -- duet with Mario Frangoulis

Seize the day
Seize the day
Blazing across the endless wasted land
Shedding light of eternity

Come embrace the day
We will never pass
This way again
Never see this morning
Never again this dawning of the sun

Come embrace the day
We will never pass
This way again
Never see this dawn
Never again this dawning of the sun

Feeble though we are
Fleeting breath of life
Touch immortality
Tempus fugit

Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem
This moment in its glory
And its pain
Is a heartbeat caught in time

15. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one, the old and the young

A very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear

And so this is Christmas, for weak and for strong
For rich and for poor ones, the world is so wrong

And so happy Christmas, for black and for white
For yellow and red ones, let's stop all the fight

And so this is Christmas, and a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear

And this is Christmas, and what have you done
Another year over, a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one, the old and the young

A very Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear

War is over
If you want it
War is over, now ...

16. First of May

Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,
and you don't ask the time of day.
But you and I, our love will never die,
but guess who'll cry come first of May.

The apple tree that grew for you and me,
I watched the apples falling one by one.
And as I recall the moment of them all,
the day I kissed your cheek and you were gone.

Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,
and you don't ask the time of day.
But you and I, our love will never die,
but guess who'll cry come first of May.

When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
do do do do do do do do do ...
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,
someone else moved in from far away.

17. He moved through the fair

From: A Winter Symphony (2008); see the separate lyrics pages for details on the source of the lyrics.

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