Letras: Midwinter Graces

What Child, Nowell
(Greensleeves + The First Noel + a couple of new lines from Tori)

What child is this who, laid to rest
On Mary's lap, is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping?

This is winter's gift
This is what begins

Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Every voice was singing
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Born this day a new Nowell
Nowell, Nowell

What child is this who, now awakes
In every heart, each morning
From dazzling light, through silver sky
Bring peace now from creation

This is winter's gift
This is what begins

Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Every voice was singing
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Born this day a new
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Every voice was singing
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Born this day a new
Born this day a new Nowell
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell

Star Of Wonder
(We Three Kings, heavily edited by Tori)

We three kings are coming again
Bearing gifts from the East
From the East

Some say a star will rise again
In the hearts of humankind
Some say we have been in exile
What we need is solar fire

Star of wonder, star of night
Star of royal beauty
Westward leading, still proceeding
A star
A star of wonder

We bring gold and myrrh for him
From the East, frankincense
From the East

Some say a star will rise again
In the hearts of humankind
Some say we have been in exile
What we need is solar fire

Star of wonder, star of night
Star of royal beauty
Westward leading, still proceeding
A star

Star of wonder, star of night
Star of royal beauty
Westward leading, still proceeding
A star
A star of wonder
Of wonder

A Silent Night With You
(all Tori lyrics, with a slight influence from Silent Night, especially the closing lines)

The radio plays my holiday faves
It takes me back to when our love was new
Young lovers pass me by with their glow
That used to be us not so long ago
You said then
"I just want to spend a silent night with you"
With you
A silent night with you

Joy to the world, your arms kept me warm
Night after night, in such a cold world
Hear the bell strike, old pictures instead
Tell me the past is filling my head
You said then
"I just want to spend a silent night with you"
With you
A silent night with you

The radio plays my holiday faves
It takes me back to when our love was new
Lost in my daze, you slip past and say
"Girl, take my hand, see, nothing has changed
Now or then
I just want to spend a silent night with you"
With you
A silent night with you

All is calm
All is bright

Candle: Coventry Carol
(original intro by Tori + Coventry Carol)

Candle, candle, are the children safe now?
Unlike they were long ago
Candle, candle, are the children safe now?
Sing the song of long ago
Candle, candle, are the children safe now?
Unlike we were long ago
Candle, candle, guide us and protect us
From those in darkness
From those in darkness

Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lullay
Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lullay

O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor Youngling for Whom we do sing
By, by, lully, lullay

Herod the king, in his raging
Charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight
All young children to slay

That woe is me, poor Child for Thee
And ever morn and day
For Thy parting neither say nor sing
By, by, lully, lullay

Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lullay
Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lullay

Holly, Ivy And Rose
(parts of various versions of Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming + The Holly And The Ivy + new Tori lyrics in the bridge with Tash, plus some lines mixing holly and rose)

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
By ancient sibyls sung

A rose doth bear a flower
All in the cold midwinter
And at the midnight hour

And he waits for who to find
The heart she left behind
And he prays she'll find her way
To be his bride someday

Ivy
Of all the trees in the wood
Holly wants/woos the Rose
Holly and the Ivy
When they are both full grown
Of all the trees in the wood
Holly bears the crown
Holly and the Ivy
The running of the deer
For his Rose to bloom
Holly waits every year

He waits for who to find
The heart she left behind
He prays she'll find her way
To be his bride someday

Ivy
Of all the trees in the wood
Holly wants/woos the Rose
Holly and the Ivy
When they are both full grown
Of all the trees in the wood
Holly bears the crown
The holly and the Ivy
The running of the deer
For his Rose to bloom
Holly waits every year
For his Rose to bloom
Holly waits every year
Waits every year

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
The frozen air perfuming
That tiny bloom doth swell
Its rays the night illuming
The darkness quite dispel

O flower beyond compare
Bloom in our heart’s midwinter
Restore the springtime here

Harps Of Gold
(original verses by Tori + chorus/bridge from Angels We Have Heard On High)

I'll show you how it's done
You'll smile through the pain
Sweetly singing
Over the plain

Gloria
Gloria
In excelsis deo

They'll show us how it's done
Out in the street
No, they don't have much
Oh, but listen to them sing

Gloria
Gloria
In excelsis deo
Gloria
Gloria
Playing on their harps of gold

And the mountains in reply
Echo, echo, echo
And the mountains in reply
Echo, echo, echo

Gloria
Gloria
In excelsis deo
Gloria
Gloria
Playing on their harps of
Playing on their harps of gold

Over the plain

Snow Angel
(another Tori original, sixthcrusifix's transcription and I've checked by ear and I hear the same, with some doubt for the "shadow" line)

As the bell brought in midwinter
I waited for a sign
A shadow of a wing
This has always been
The children know this
That she will come to them
To them
To them

Snow angel
Snow angel
Snow angel
She'll make her way
And she'll stay
For a time
For a time

In the dark of this midwinter
The moon slipped from night
A shadow of a wing
This has always been

The children know this
That she will come to them
To them
To them
Snow angel
Snow angel
Snow angel
She'll make her way
And she'll stay
For a time
And it's time

Emmanuel
(O Come, O Come, Emmanuel + bridge by Tori)

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel

Long ago the earth lay sleeping
Waiting for the darkest night
To bring with it the dove of peace
Rising on the wings
Wings of the sun
Rising on the wings of the sun

O come, O come, thou Dayspring bright!
Pour on our souls thy healing light
Dispel the long night's lingering gloom
And pierce the shadows of the tomb
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel

Our New Year
(Tori song too, not taking credit for this transcription, a couple of people had made it this so far in the 2nd thread I think, but I couldn't add anything - specifically, the mysterious line in the second verse)

Glasses raised, we all say cheers
Could this be the one?
Our new year
Even after all this time
I don't know why
Why you went away

Lately I'm sure it's you there, waving
In the distance
Closer
The closer I get
Disappointment is/tears/tails
Yes it is/tears/tails
They just had the same colour of your hair

You're not there
You're not there

Every corner that I turn
I've convinced myself one day you'll be there
Choruses of Auld Lang Syne
Could this be the year, yours and me (??)

Lately I'm sure it's you there, waving
In the distance
Closer
The closer I get
Disappointment is/tears/tails
Yes it is/tears/tails
They just had the same colour of your hair

You're not there
You're not there...

Glasses raised, we all say cheers
Could this be the one?
This could be the one
Could this be the one?
Our new year

Fonte: @forumz