Dream Child (a Christmas Dream) Lyrics

Dream Child (a Christmas Dream) lyrics

In the night 



Was the dark



In the dark 



Was the dream



In the dream



Was the Child



And myself



There unseen 







In the book was the word



In the word there was truth



In the truth there was age



In the age there was youth 







And I said to the Child 



Do your hands they still bleed



After all of this time



Do you think there's still need



But the Child only smiled 







And said not a word



And the snow it came down 



As if it hadn't heard 







And all that night the snow came down



To heal the scars our lives had found



And the dreams that lay broken 







And there upon a bridge of dreams



Across the night we walked unseen



With no words ever spoken 







And then on through that night



We did walk for a while



And our steps turned to blocks



And the blocks turned to miles 







Then we followed a path



For as far as we could



Till we found ourselves there



In an evergreen woods 







There were thousands of candles 



Upon every tree 



It was beautiful 



But there was one mystery



For with all of those candles



You must understand



That the only one lit 



Was now in that Child's hand 







And there upon that Christmas scene



The candle wax of melted dreams



And the years they had taken 







And as the snow did gently fall



He one by one relit them all



Till each dream was awakened 







And there to that light



That young Child showed to me



All the things that he dreamt



All the things that might be



How for everything given



That something was gained



Strike one match in the dark



And all the world's not the same 







And then I asked that Child



Why this night has a star



And he said, "So we'd know 



That we could see that far"



And these candles are wed 



To that distant star's light



And it all came to be



Upon that long winter's night



That long winter's night



That long winter's night



That long winter's night 







And when I awoke, well the Child he was gone



But somewhere in my mind



I believe he lives on



And somewhere in my life 



Between here and the end



On a long winter's night



I will dream him again







Then she noticed on some Christmas cards



A reddish purple stain



Where someone had spilled some Christmas wine



And there it had remained 







Until the heat from a radiator



Whistling in the air



Had caused it to evaporate



Into an angel's share