Make The Yuletide Gay

Because I am a huge fan of irony, here’s my YouTube video for Christmas, the one original song written specifically for the movie version of “Phantom Of The Opera”. It was sung by Minnie Driver in the movie’s end credits, but for the Oscars it was (over)performed by Beyonce.



Child of the wilderness,
Born into emptiness—
Learn to be lonely,
Learn to find your way in darkness.

Who will be there for you?
Comfort and care for you?
Learn to be lonely,
Learn to be your one companion.

Never dreamed out in the world
There are arms to hold you—
You’ve always known your heart was on its own.

So laugh in your loneliness,
Child of the wilderness!
Learn to be lonely,
Learn how to love life that is lived alone.

Learn to be lonely.
Learn to be your one companion.

Never dreamed out in the world
There are arms to hold you—
You’ve always known your heart was on its own.

So laugh in your loneliness,
Child of the wilderness!
Learn to be lonely.
Learn how to love life that is lived alone.

Learn to be lonely,
Life can be lived, life can be loved alone.

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I actually view the song not as a pathetic attempt at justifying one’s loneliness. Instead, it’s embracing loneliness, not denying its existence but instead accepting it and, in the process, transcending it.

Happiness, as well as loneliness, is still a choice.

Let’s all choose a Merry Christmas!