Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Extra points if you spot the birds...

Featuring @ShineSakshi and Dave Stadelman (youtube.com/user/dstadelman)
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on the darkest night of the year
the children hide their heads in fear
and go down to the water where the wise men pray
sun come up and take this night way

but those who've lived a while
stop and smile, the long night makes it all worth while
the night is not as fearsome as it seems
though the day brings light, the night gives birth to dreams

here is death
here is rebirth
here is life

when this winter sky of ours
lights its snowflakes with its stars
milky ways of asteroid belts
beget snow-built things you'll weep to see melt

like a butterfly soon to die
leaves its dark cocoon to fly
the long night gives way to something well
more verdant than words could ever tell

here is death
here is rebirth
here is life

on the darkest night of the year
the children hide their heads in fear
and go down to the water where the wise men pray
sun come up and take this night way

but those who've lived a while
stop and smile, the long night makes it all worth while
the night is not as fearsome as it seems
though the day brings light, the night gives birth to dreams

when this winter sky of ours
lights its snowflakes with its stars
milky ways of asteroid belts
beget snow-built things you'll weep to see melt

here is death
here is rebirth
here is life

#songwriter #winter #acoustic #guitar #sardi #christmas