Snowflake I & II (Joy/Reason For)
Dec 24 '08
The Bottom Line Is Celebrating the Day
Snowflake (Joy):
I once said that we can never return to simplicity
Dang man, I shoulda been a physic the way I’m writing prophecy
Just kidding
But in all seriousness, it’s the only place to go from here
It’s that time of year to take stock of the things about which we care
We all crave responsibility, leadership and power
But once we get it we can’t give it back
It’s like wasting my life with you for a couple hours
And I’d mean that if I wasn’t so set on spending so much of it on your expense
God and Girl I love you
Don’t get the priorities bent
But no matter how far we are removed from the things we started from
There are always those few annual moments that bring us back to when we were dumb
There are always those few annual moments that make us wince with nostalgic joy
Chugging egg nog, snow football with the ‘boys’
Now it’s winter break, and seeing little kids lusting after toys that were big when we were small
I never doubted it’s true when people said things never change, we all just get a little more tall
Bring us back to those days when we were little boys
With little desire in life beyond copping that new scooter or the N64’s newest 1st-Person shooter
And spending time with little girls who would always say we were strange
And who to this day still call us secretly loved nicknames
Now let’s forget the deep ramble for just a little bit
Not that I have a problem with it
Joy is a short word because it’s so simple
Easy to understand and smile at not unlike your dimples
But the magnitude of it goes beyond triple
Let’s remember the reason (Christ) behind the reason (Christmas) for hanging up the missile
Toe
Life in a snow globe
Hug and kiss everybody
Even those you don’t know
And if the weather gets a bit too cold
Throw on an oversized hoodie with me and snuggle up close
The snowflakes falling down with parachutes from the sky
Is beautiful
But never as gorgeous without you sitting at my side
Ice is one of the most honest things out there today
It makes no qualms about what it’s trying to make you do
Slip and fall, break a bone or two
But I made a deal with it
Went something like this
As long as I’m holding your hand, you’re guaranteed a safe grip
Bonfire in the middle of the frozen lake
So much more than sickness there at stake
Joy is never ever a single event
It’s always built off of something
We’ve got what the World’s missing and rejected
We know there’s more to this day then opening presents
Good will towards men is all well and good
But if it’s only for one day of the year, call me a hypocrite
Call me a fool if I take a triple dog dare to introduce metal to my lips
I know everything we’ve got right now is perfection in a portrait
But if you miss seeing the author of it then the whole point you’ve missed
Candlelight that nobody trusts to stay at bay for a whole night
Will illuminate the setting that people describe as right
Hot cocoa, mittens, gloves and frostbite
We remember that my God came to earth this exalted night
Snowflake II (Reason for Joy):
Away in a manger, a baby screams
An announcement bigger then those he woke up had the power to dream
Thin sheets don’t match the intensity of the night wind
He gets body warmth from the animals and people gathered around him
Humility in a place of cows
Did they know the love in the eyes that they stared deeply down?
A holy night because of this holy Child
Eyes were bright, skin was mild
Today we kill our young and call it a mother’s protection
That night something started that couldn’t have been expected
Do we truly understand what was going on?
A frustrated husband and a pregnant mom
Absolutely nowhere to stay for the night
Bet that hotel manager thought he was doing something right
Gave em the barn, prolly hadn’t been cleaned in weeks
No coincidence; humble beginnings for someone so meek
A loose shirt was the only thing keeping the splinters off of baby
Smooth skin, coo giggle laying among a butcher’s prey
Animals for first images
Something was familiar about em…after all he’d created them
But the cow and the goats may have been the only ones to comprehend
To truly understand who that in their feeding bucket was
Jesus Christ, God’s only son
His reason for coming? To live a life of pain
Rejection and persecution would be synonymous with his name
But hope so much more, death so much less
Hundreds tried, but it was himself who gave his final breath
Not to simply lay himself down
But to conquer death
And death conquered means life eternal if you haven’t figured that out yet
That’s the whole reason I’m getting hype on this holiday
Not for money or the gifts
Can’t be sliced any other way
That’s why I can relish with everyone tonight in joy
Because of the birth today of this little baby boy
My and your lives can be radically changed
Gotta all start out though, by calling on his name
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