If crutches are in your clutches
Won’t help like they could
When watching people clasping
Please help like we should
Instructed to be productive
And, with thy gifts give
Productive to the instructed
Long let quality live
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C
90 beats per minute / 60’s Rock
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards
This is a song about being productive… even when you’re unexpectedly shut-in… like in a snow storm… at the same time, giving consideration to the most vulnerable of your neighbors.
Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.
LYRICS
Instead of sugar plum fairies and figs
Your vision could be filled with a fag of twigs
Is Krampus amongst us?
Have you been naughty or nice
If Krampus is amongst us…
Better think twice
It won’t be “all is well”
When he scares out the living hell
Scaring out the devil in us
Krampus
Born with goat’s horn
He’s on his way St. Nicholas Day
In his rusty chain you’ll remain
If you don’t refrain from disdain
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm
G Em
128 beats per minute with a cowboy hoedown groove.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards
The song was inspired by an article in the Christian Science Monitor “Is Krampus the Christmas demon becoming too commercial?”
Chains, devil horns, and pitchforks are not things most people associate with the holidays. But for many in the Alpine region of Europe, that’s precisely where Krampus – a half goat, half demon creature, carrying rusty chains and sticks – belongs: in the Christmas season.
Yet some say that the centuries-old European folktale is turning commercial, as Krampus-themed chocolates, decorations, and greeting cards are readily available. Yet at the same time, could he actually be a subversive force for anti-consumerism?
Think of him as the anti-Santa. Krampus – as he is called in his native Austria, though he goes by other names throughout Europe – is St. Nicholas’s helper and his task is to scare small children into being good. On Dec. 6 – the saint’s feast day, or St. Nicholas Day – the pair will dole out chocolates and fruit to good children across Europe, while misbehaving children can expect a punishment instead, usually a bundle of twigs.
Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.
LYRICS
Never sat upon a throne
Never wore a crown
Never called himself King
That’s just the thing
I never called myself King Of The Jew
How about you?
And, how would you
Like a crown of thorn
On your throne
Crucifixion
Soul extinction?
At least not a lone
(He was then crucified and hung between two convicted thieves.)
Hung out to dry
Hung out to die
Hung out
Without doubt
“After being flogged, Jesus was mocked by Roman soldiers as the “King of the Jews”, clothed in a purple robe, crowned with thorns, beaten and spat on. Jesus then had to make his way to the place of his crucifixion.”
He was then crucified and hung between two convicted thieves.
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Bb Bb9
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.
