Blackie's Wake - Counting Christmases

Blackie's Wake

COUNTING CHRISTMASES

Pine and holly dress aging walls

As shadows cross the wooden halls

I’m measuring life in winter glows

how the firelight comes and goes

Counting Christmases we have in store

While love sits waiting at the door

The fire centers a sacred ring

Where ancient carols are songs we sing

In every spark a story of past

Of a love so strong built to last

God showed the way through quiet birth

A sacrifice that changed the earth

Oh, feel the warmth, the meaning and the grace

In every line on a every face

The gift was never bought or sold

But in the love that never grows cold

It lives in us, a light so true

Passed from old and still shines new

Stronger than time, deeper than the sea

The love He gave is living now in me

Adorned in pine home at last

Merry Christmas eve from the past

INSPIRATION

Part of the official soundtrack collection for Between The Walls (inspired by the Lydia Rose stories).

There is a unique magic to spending the holidays inside an aging century home, where every crackle of the fireplace and evergreen bough seems to catch the echoes of Decembers past. "Counting Christmases" is an atmospheric reflection on measuring our lives not by years, but by the warmth and grace of the love we share with those under our roof during the holiday season.

Inspired by the traditions of family, history, and faith, this song captures the atmosphere of a celebrated Christmas where the past and present gather around the firelight. It is a celebration of the ultimate gift—a love that was never bought or sold, and of those who are no longer with us, but remain in our hearts.

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