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Dear Friends,
It's the Xmas Anthem of 2020! No, it's not an anti-lockdown diatribe. It's a carol that anyone who survived this year can relate to and scream along with at the top of their lungs. Everybody has faced their own set of struggles and challenges this year, whether they be social, financial, physical, or mental health-related. It's a lot to think about, constantly trying to do what seems best to you while also taking every stranger and loved one into consideration at any given moment. Through the various fears and frustrations of quarantine, time started to feel obsolete, and if you're anything like me, there were probably many times you wondered when it would end, if it would end, and how it could ever possibly end. Well, here's to hoping it's sooner than later. 'Til then, whether you're quarantined this Christmas or not, feel free to sing this song with me. I hope it makes you feel like we're together.
XOXO,
M.K.
lyrics
*Quarantine Christmas*
We've been stuck inside since the first day of spring
and I can't stand the view anymore
Who knows how long this'll be goin' on
It's like we just can't win, baby, ain't it a bore?
I signed every petition while fighting off an eviction
Got laid off on the verge of a civil war
I'll try not to complain behind my window pane but
I don't wanna have a Quarantine Christmas
Doesn't seem right to risk it
Are we gonna stay inside for the rest of our lives?
I've been trapped in my mind for quite some time
and I can't take the news anymore
Starting to accept that the holidays just won't be anything like before
I signed every petition to cancel racist politicians
Unemployed half the year, I'm crying into my beer
I'll try not to complain behind my window pane but
I don't wanna have a Quarantine Christmas
Didn't think I'd have to miss this
Are we gonna stay inside for the rest of our lives
We've been stuck inside since the first day of spring
and I can't stand the view anymore
Couldn't get an erection six months before the election
Got laid off on the verge of a civil war
I'll try not to complain behind my window pane but
I don't wanna have a Quarantine Christmas
What's a holiday without hugs and kisses
from your friends and their pets and our families
Will it ever be the same?
Are we gonna stay inside for the rest of our lives?
Are we gonna stay inside for the rest of our lives?
Are we gonna stay inside for the rest of our lives?
credits
released December 3, 2020
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"Quarantine Christmas" written by Murray Kitschmas & Nick Wallace
Murray Kitschmas: Vocals
Nick Wallace: Vocals & Guitar
Maxwell Tarpley: Lead Guitar & Drums & Background Vox
Jesse Wallis: Bass, Saxophone, Synth, Glockenspiel & assorted other jingly things, Background Vox
The perfect Christmas side project, offering new, all-original Christmas songs every December, each a collaboration with a different local Portland band or musician.
Great, thrashing, melodic indie rock from this Illinois group that juxtaposes sugary vocal hooks with barbed guitars. Bandcamp New & Notable May 28, 2022
