Bob Cratchit: All right, all right, that's what I'm talking about! Now everyone, give it up for my boss, Ebenezer Scrooge!
Scrooge:
A toast to new friends (to new friends, to new friends, to new friends)
To Yuletide (to Yuletide, to Yuletide)
From Ebenezer, who is always by your side
To the season (To the season, to the Christmas spirit!)
And the hope it may provide (may provide, may provide)
May you always (always) be satisfied.
(Rewind…)
Scrooge:
I remember that night, I just might be blessed that night for the rest of my days
I remember those carolers as they stood at my door singing Jesus' praise
I remember that fade in my nephew's smile as I scorned Christmas season's loving grace
But Jacob Marley, I'll never forget the last time I saw your face
I have never been the same
That look in your eyes as your hands dragged your chains
Sent a chill down my spine, I forgot my own name
It betwixt my brain, thought I'd gone insane
This is not a game
Marley: You strike me as a man who always closed his heart
Scrooge: I'm sure I don't know what you are, but this isn't real
Marley: You're like me, I always closed my heart
Scrooge: Bah! Humbug
Marley:
You always closed your heart
And this is the path that awaits you
A wandering, tormented shade
If you don't change your ways
Mankind is your business, Scrooge
So don't wallow in hate
It's not too late to change your fate
Scrooge:
So so so - So this is what it feels like to snatch bits
Of a chance at redemption, what the hell is the catch?
It's the feeling of terror, of seeing the light
It's your own reflection in a mirror of fright - You see it, right?
The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes
Everything he said chilled me deeper and deeper
It's a dream, I tried to convince myself
But the truth he spoke I felt in my heart as well
He might be indigestion, I don't believe in phantoms
I asked him to prove himself, did you see his answer?
His jaw dropped to the floor, I fell into a trance
I hope he didn't see that I just shat in my pants.
Hopeless, and boy does he know it
Hopeless - and I finally show it
Marley leaves, 'cause he can't stay in one place
Then I turn and see the specters' faces, they are helpless
And I know they are helpless
And their eyes are just helpless
Then I'm visited by
Three Yuletide spirits on the exact same night
Christmas Past: I am the ghost of Christmas past.
Scrooge: Long past?
Christmas Past: No. Your past.
Scrooge:
Number one is the ghost of Christmas Past
He shows me a childhood that couldn't last
I was the only son, so I'm the one
Who had to social climb like one
But I let down Mr. Fezziwig
And my greediness cost me my fiancee
But just because she was penniless
Oh... that doesn't mean I loved her any less
Christmas Present: These are mankind's children, Ignorance and Want.
Scrooge: Have they no refuge?
Christmas Present: Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
Scrooge:
Number two is the ghost of Christmas Present
He shows me to the Cratchits, I'd
Be lying if I said that I didn't cry, that Tiny Tim might die
Then he takes me down to Fred's place, to meet his bride
Even though they're poor, they smile
Somehow they are satisfied
Scrooge: Spirit, are these the shadows of things that must be, or of things that might be only?
(The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come points to a gravestone.)
Scrooge:
Number three is the ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Now I want to run, I wish the night would just be done
He takes me to my grave and shows me what I would become
My room a slum
Everyone thinks I'm scum, they're not wrong
But when it's morning light, I still see Marley's eyes
And then I realize what might have been
If he hadn't sized me up so quickly
So now I'll go help Bob and his wife
Because I have a new lease on life
000
To new friends! To Yuletide!
From Ebenezer, who is always by your side
To the season, and the hope it may provide
May you always be satisfied
And I pray
Thanks that my old ways are done
And I say
God bless us, every one
God bless us, every one.
A/N: I wrote this back in February but I wanted to publish it around Christmastime, so I've been sitting on it for almost a year. I'm really proud of it, so please review!