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Sacha Guitry once said, "You can pretend to be serious, but you can't pretend to be witty." Oh yes, I'm the great pretender.
(pilot episode: 20 January 2004)

Friday, December 25, 2009

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!

3 comments:

newton said...

i just want to cry right now....

citybuoy said...

when i first heard it, i thought it was sad but when it was over, i got your point. there's beauty in being alone but not lonely.

i am getting so sick of beyonce. she totally overdid this song.

John Halcyon von Rothschild said...

thank you mcvie. you made me smile. =)