Halloween For Christmas (2019 Demo)

by Ross Malcolm Boyd

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I didn't have much opportunity to record in the latter half of 2019, but I had been writing a lot of music. Hopefully 2020 will see a collection of those songs come to light. In the meantime I wanted to share this holiday tune. Though I love Christmas, I know a lot of folks who don't see the holiday as fondly as I do. It's fun to lean into that and create a song that is as cynical as it is catchy. So for all those celebrating or abstaining this season, have a nice day.

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I wanna tear down the lights
so I don't have to see another
magic man up in the sky
with access to our homes so wild and free.
I'd rather ghouls and goblins
parading down my block.
At least they have the courtesy to knock.
When hope is built on lies,
"Peace on Earth" seems insincere.
I want a Halloween for Christmas this year.

The same old stupid songs
keep ringing in my ears.
Old melodies repurposed for a god
who never reappears.
I'd rather something new and terrible
than old and overdone.
Let's keep the hellfire burning bright in everyone
to keep us warm while winter's cold grows more severe.
I want a Halloween for Christmas this year.

White supremacists abound and fascism is in the air,
I think it's time to make a few more ghosts appear...
I want a Halloween for Christmas this year.

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released December 23, 2019

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Ross Malcolm Boyd Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

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