The closest I’ll get to Christmas this year
is a Skype call at 3am
and a bad Netflix Original
There’s no spirit in Izmir, no lights or snow on lamp posts
matter of fact there’s no snow at all
What kind of Christmas has no snow?
Give me all the Christmas you got
I want it all
Give me all the Christmas you got
I want it all
Sticky hands and frozen steering wheels
I want it all
Trimming the tree to Charlie Brown
I want it all
Leaving said tree up for way too long
I want it all
Playing a TV fire even though it’s not as warm
I want it all
Using the pizza pan as a makeshift sled
I want it all
Salvation Army bells ring outside of every store
I want it all
Posing with Santa Claus just past Claire’s and before the food court
I want it all
Celebrating Jesus’ birthday for an entire month when you don’t believe in God
I want it all
Still can’t sleep on Christmas Eve
I want it all
Give me all the Christmas you got
I want it all
Give me all the Christmas you got
I want it all
about
The Ornaments are Mike Behrends & Lance Owens.
The lyrics for this song were written by Mike while living for a year in the predominantly Muslim country of Turkey, sung into an iPhone 8+ in a linen closet on the Black Sea, then sent to Madison, Wisconsin USA where Lance created everything else that you hear in his cozy home studio, with his dog Cookie at his feet.
Happy 5th anniversary to us as a holiday-themed music project. We wish a Merry Christmas season to all of you who are listening to this. May it be as nostalgic and ridiculous and beautiful as it should be.
On her gorgeous new LP, Minnesota artist Rachel Lime floats her evocative voice through rich & dizzying art-pop arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 12, 2021