Kara Steindel - We're Still Here Lyrics

Glowing lights bring out the forest green
Of our favorite family Christmas tree
Ornaments hang heavy, high and low
And spell out who we were as kids so long ago
Its all a blur
Like Christmas Eve
Those times once sure, now seem make-believe
I once was a girl who loved to read
He once was a boy playing in the creek
They used to talk once but now they don't speak much
There once was a boy who loved to laugh
And one who played games whenever you asked
Another who still had plenty of time to spare
They're all gone but we're still here
We're wrapped up in our own shells
Singing the song of ourselves
Du du du du du
Du du du du du
Du du du du du
Sweet hot chocolate, bitter to the taste
Hollow silence while Christmas carols play
Scattering far in our anxious haste
We can never seem to all be in one place
Your eyes are lost
Behind a screen
And I can't stop myself from remembering
I once was a girl who loved to read
He once was a boy playing in the creek
They used to talk once but now they don't speak much
There once was a boy who loved to laugh
And one who played games whenever you asked
Another who still had plenty of time to spare
They're all gone but we're still here
Tie up your pain with a bow
And hope that no-one will know
Your presence is the best gift
If only I could get a peek of it
I once was a girl who loved to read
He once was a boy playing in the creek
They used to talk once but now they don't speak much
There once was a boy who loved to laugh
And one who played games whenever you asked
Another who still had plenty of time to spare
They're all gone but we're still here