25th December
Rediscovering December: A Piano's Christmas Tale
Lyrics
And I see forests and it´s the 25th of December
Observing forests on December 25th, setting the scene.
And my old man plays the piano for Christmas.
The narrator's father plays the piano on Christmas.
He plays the piano for Christmas.
Reiteration of the father playing the piano for Christmas.
And we´re all there, all the aunties and uncles,
Family gathering with aunts, uncles, and an angel atop the Christmas tree.
And the angle´s on the top of the tree.
Specifically mentioning the angel at the top of the Christmas tree.
Up there o the top of the tree.
Reiteration of the angel being at the top of the tree.
And I never, no I never ever realised.
The narrator expresses a lack of realization in the past.
And I never, no I never ever realised.
-Have I enough time, have I just some time,
Contemplating time and the opportunity to express something different.
To revisit, to go back, to return, to open my mouth again
-And say something different this time.
-And I see bags of newspaper and a car in the carport,
Observations of bags of newspaper and a car in the carport.
And you´re a grown up and still unsure,
Reflection on adulthood and feeling unsure, especially at age thirty.
And I´m thirty and I don´t know nothing no more.
-And I never, no I never ever realised.
Reiteration of not realizing something in the past.
And I never, no I never ever realised.
-And I´m sitting, sitting on the top of the stairs,
The narrator sits on the stairs, setting a scene.
And you´re crying out on the towpath by the river
Someone is crying by the river with swans and people passing by.
With all the swans and all the people walking by.
-And all of a sudden I´m stuck with an urge to unlock a door
Sudden urge to unlock a door with a key too big, dropping it at someone's feet.
With a key that´s too big for my hands
-And I drop it, and it falls at your feet.
-Come on, come on, it´s there at your feet.
Encouraging someone to pick up the dropped key.
And I never, no I never ever realised.
Reiteration of past lack of realization.
And I never, no I never ever realised.
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