This is a video for the song 'Last Christmas With Dad (Tiny Red Lines)' by David Schweitzer & in analysis, featuring Emily Denton.
The song was released in December 2022 with all proceeds going to the charities, Mind & Samaritans. Please help these great causes by sharing the track or listening on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music or elsewhere.
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www.davidschweitzer.net/news/last-christmas-with-dad/
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Lyrics:
Feels like the time all passed in a blur
Glued to the TV, rules changing so fast
It’s hard to remember how scared we all were
A crowd, a hug; they were things of the past
We came out of hiding and stood at our doors
Once a week for some brief well-intentioned applause
Two tiny red lines, though ever so faint
Divided us two years in a row
We kept our distance with little complaint
Though time was much shorter than we could know
Others fared worse than we did, so I’m
Not saying we had it so bad
It’s just that it seems a very long time
Since that last Christmas with dad
Even approaching a hospital bed
Felt like placing a bet in a high stakes casino
So they probably weren’t wrong when they said
“We’d better hold off on the next round of chemo”
Showered with curses, the doctors and nurses
Were working around the clock
There was death all around us, so I guess when it found us
It shouldn’t have come as a shock
Two tiny red lines....
We were made to feel fools for following rules
When we glimpsed through the windows of Number Ten
Champagne glasses clinking, you couldn’t help thinking
It was one law for us and another for them
Two tiny red lines....
Tiny red lines
Tiny red lines
Two tiny red lines
It seems a long time since that Christmas!