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Oh Say But We’re Glad
INSPIRATION FOR THE LYRIC
Christmas is my favorite time of the year, it’s
the time I feel true happiness. For me, writing
a lyric during this period should come
naturally. Christmas lyrics I believe must be as
Chords and voices clear as possible and also very easy to relate
Silhouettes of a livin’ Prince with. In fact, any kind of lyric must be able to
Many hearts rejoices get to the target listeners.
That unto us is born a King
Excitement and noises Before I thought of writing this, I was actually
All around the earth and heavens fill stuck with the idea of writing something
That golden star announces related to the significant signs we see when the
The birth of the prince of peace Christmas season sets in. I knew what I want-
ed to do, but I had to pend it because I myself
And we welcome Him with joy in our hearts wouldn’t be able to relate with most parts of
With Gold, silver and myrrh in our hands the lyric. There’s no way we could talk about
We bow our heads for an heavenly regard Christmas season signs without snow. So far it
Oh say but we’re glad was a decent write and Christmas lovers in the
US would easily relate with it. But then, I nev-
Carols and praises er felt any life in it. It took me awhile to realise
Every livin’ soul would sing what the problem was. Then I had to go back
As our hearts embraces to my creative realm, tried to brainstorm ideas
A beautiful n’ wonderful gift but I was my own critic.
In chants and choruses
We will let our voices ring I said to myself, “C’mon you’re not trying to
With joy we celebrate impress anyone y’know”. I got a good pointer
The birth of our messiah king at what I should actually be thinkin’ about. I
had gone through an article “Tips for writing a
And we welcome Him with joy in our hearts Christmas song” sometime ago, and there was
With Gold, silver and myrrh in our hands a point that got me out of my so-called prob-
We bow our heads for an heavenly regard lem. The writer said “a Christmas song must
Oh say but we’re glad be true...” Boom! I got what I needed.
All I had to do was look at my immediate
environment and write a song about the things
that I’ve really experienced. This inspired me
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