Our hearts were singing

It felt like Christmas time.

Another favorite Christmas song of mine is The Pretender's "2000 Miles."

He's gone,
2000 miles,
Is very far.
The snows falling down.
It's colder day by day.
I miss you.
The children were singing,
He'll be back at Christmas time.
And these frozen and silent nights,
Sometimes in a dream,
You appear.
Outside under the purple sky,
Diamonds in the snow,
Sparkle.
Our hearts were singing,
It felt like Christmas time.
2000 miles.
Is very far through the snow
I'll think of you
Wherever you go.
He's gone,
2000 miles,
Is very far.
The snows falling down,
It's colder day by day.
I miss you.
I can hear people singing,
It must be Christmas time.
I hear people singing,
It must be Christmas time.

When I first heard this song, I thought it was about family and loved ones being far away during the holidays. But there is more to this song than that. The song is one of remembrance for deceased band guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, lost too young at age 25 in 1982. Another one of rock's lost.