Slicer's Slivers of Being

All I Want For Christmas (part 18)

"...is no more sorrow, no grief and no pain."

 

All I Want For Christmas (part 17)

is close proximity.

"Christmas is a rockin' time
Put your body next to mine"

 

 

All I Want For Christmas (part 13)

"...is the answer to important questions."


So, indulge me. I've always loved the original by the Waterboys, and Mike Scott didn't pitch this as a Christmas song. However, with the repeating notion of stars above, and the aching desire for relationship, it works as a Christmas song for me. And my (no longer secret) guilty pleasure amongst the rootsy blues and raucous rock songs listed so far is... the absolute beauty Ellie Goulding's cover. From the clipped phrasing to the liquid silky vocals, I'm a sucker for this every time.

 
"How long will I be with you?
As long as the sea is bound to
Wash upon the sand.

How long will I want you?
As long as you want me to
And longer by far.

How long will I hold you?
As long as your father told you,
As long as you can.

How long will I give to you?
As long as I live through you
However long you say.

How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer, if I may."

 

All I Want For Christmas (part 11)

"...is institutional turkey"

And we're back to freedom for the prisoners

 

All I Want For Christmas (part 8)

What if... 

 

"Would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe?"