Little Christmas Tree
Lonely Christmas Eve Reflections: A Little Tree's Tale
Lyrics
I watch the snowflake fall
Observing snowfall with contemplation.
Against my window plain and wonder if you
Wondering if the person addressed is also witnessing the snow.
Are watching snowflakes too
Expressing curiosity about the other's experience with snowflakes.
I take a walk downtown
Strolling to a familiar place in the city.
To where you used to meet me
Referencing a past meeting spot with the absent person.
There's joy everywhere
Noting joy in the surroundings.
But all that waiting there is
Contrasting joy with a sense of waiting.
Just a little Christmas tree
Describing a small Christmas tree, reflecting loneliness.
Lookin sorta sad and lonely just like me
Comparing the tree's loneliness to the speaker's own.
No one seems to care they just went away and
Expressing a feeling of abandonment by others.
Left it standing there
Highlighting the solitude of the tree left standing.
All alone on Christmas eve
Emphasizing the isolation of the speaker on Christmas eve.
I hear the Christmas bells (Bum Bum Bum)
Hearing Christmas bells and the contrast with personal sadness.
The happy people singing
Noting happy people singing in contrast to the speaker's mood.
The songs of good cheer that
Referencing cheerful songs that evoke tears for the speaker.
Only brings me tears i sadly close my eyes
Closing eyes sadly, expressing a sense of emotional pain.
And say a little prayer
Saying a prayer for the person's presence during Christmas.
You'll be waiting there for me
Searching for the absent person but finding emptiness.
I look but all I see is
Expressing disappointment at not finding the expected presence.
This is the season of love
Acknowledging the season as one of love.
(This is the season of love)
Repeating the idea of the season being about love.
But I'm as sad as I can be (Sad as can be)
Expressing deep sadness despite the season's theme of love.
Why did you have to leave me
Pondering the reason for the person's departure.
(Why did you leave me)
Repeating the questioning of why the person left.
(Why did you leave me)
Reiterating the emotional impact of the person's departure.
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