and he doesn’t say a word
December 15, 2009
i heard the strangest christmas song on the way to work today. not the good kind of strange…not the fun kind of strange…this song was the bad strange…the kind of odd that leaves you sitting still for a moment because, quite frankly, you don’t want to move until you fully discover exactly which level of creeped out you’re standing on. today (on a scale of 1 to weeeeeeirdo) i’d give myself a seven. eight if you count the fact that a child was singing.
here are the lyrics… (the title is “the chimney song”)
there’s something stuck up in the chimney and i don’t know what it is
but it’s been there allllll night long,
well i waited up for santa all christmas night
but he never came and it don’t seem right,
and there’s something in the chimney and it doesn’t make a sound,
but i wish you merry christmas.
there’s something stuck up in the chimney and i don’t know what it is
but it’s been there allllll week long,
well the dog keeps barking up the chimney flue
and we don’t know what we’re going to do,
cause there’s something in the chimney and it doesn’t move around,
and it’s been a week since christmas.
there’s something stuck up in the chimney and i don’t know what it is
but it’s been there allllll month long,
well it’s jammed up tight above the fireplace
now the house smells funny such a big disgrace,
that there’s something in the chimney and it doesn’t talk at all
and it’s been there since last christmas.
…yep. and this isn’t even the whole song. there’s a fourth verse explaining that there won’t be any need for the little singing girl to wait up for santa this year because, well, they already have him…
and they’ll have him every christmas.
creepy? …yes? …no? i’m going with yes. mostly because a little girl is singing about santa’s dead body rotting in her chimney. that just doesn’t say christmas to me. law and order svu? sure. god bless us everyone? …not so much.
by the way, i also tried to find this song on youtube, and at first i only came up with two options: the song as an intro to a medley of icelandic christmas songs (in their native tongue), aaaaand a video of the song in american sign language…neither of which really help capture the experience i had in the car this afternoon. however, on a second search, i definitely found it. there’s no picture…just a black screen and the raspy voice of a child. but i think that sets the mood, so…enjoy:
