Lonely This Christmas
KT Tunstall Lyrics
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Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
This Christmas
A house that's not a home
Try to imagine
A Christmas all alone
That's where I'll be
Since you left me
My tears will melt the snow
What can I do
Without you, I got no place to go
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
This Christmas
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
In KT Tunstall's song Lonely This Christmas, the singer is expressing the loneliness she is going to feel during the holiday season without her loved one. The lyrics show the emptiness and hollowness she would feel throughout the holidays, as she will not be able to hold and spend time with her partner, causing her Christmas to be a sad and gloomy one. Through the lyrics "Try and imagine, A house that's not a home," she describes how everything will feel incomplete in the absence of her partner.
The song further talks about how tears will melt the snow and that she will have no place to go without her partner around. The singer portrays the essence of the true meaning of love by expressing how her partner fills her world with warmth and how it is cold and empty without them by her side. The song can be interpreted as a representation of how something that brings joy and excitement can soon become a reason for sadness and dismay without the presence of someone to share it with, in this case, the holiday season.
Line by Line Meaning
It'll be lonely this Christmas
The holiday season will be difficult without the presence of a loved one.
Without you to hold
The absence of this person will be felt in a physical and emotional sense.
It'll be cold, so cold
The winter chill will be amplified by the absence of warmth and love from this person.
Try and imagine
Consider the following scenario in order to empathize with the singer's feelings.
A house that's not a home
The absence of the person has made the singer's living space feel empty and unwelcoming.
Try to imagine
The singer repeats the request to visualize the situation in order to reinforce the gravity of the situation.
A Christmas all alone
The holiday will be spent in solitude, with no company or emotional support.
That's where I'll be
The singer will be spending this holiday season completely alone.
Since you left me
The cause of the singer's loneliness is the absence of a loved one who has left them recently.
My tears will melt the snow
The singer is overcome with emotions, to the point where their tears are falling and melting the snow around them.
What can I do
The singer is feeling helpless and distraught, unsure of how to cope with their situation without this person.
Without you, I got no place to go
The singer is lost without the other person, feeling as though they have no purpose or direction in life without them.
Writer(s): Michael Donald Chapman, Nicholas Barry Chinn
Contributed by Riley R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
BodaciousWickerman
Quality cover!!! One of the best Christmas songs.
Mary Dadd
It's a really lovely version of this song. Certainly stirs up emotions for me
Stephanie-Jennifer Bremer
shivers down my spine! her voice is so soothing so pure... it calms me down :)
Chane Garcia
¡Guao!, KT Tunstall le logra dar a esta canción un toque de Blues impresionante (tristeza). La canción es preciosa; pero uno la escucha y es inevitable el no sentir esa soledad de tener que pasar unas Navidades solo y tus familiares o esa persona amada, lejos... En todo caso, no se le puede negar a la Tunstall que todo lo que ella canta, ella lo logra mejorar 3 veces más a cómo era originalmente... Escuché ese cover que ella hace del tema "Walk Like an Egyptian" de Bangles y ¡Por Dios!, KT le logra dar un ritmo sabroso, acústica-rockero, a la canción, una de las mejores interpretaciones en vivo que he visto de esa canción. Yo me quedé con la boca abierta cuando vi el video.
Rosie Borden
this is so much better than the original! kt = <3 this entire EP is AMAZING.
Timothy Ansell
Love the way the song was done, good voice.
MrLolz777
wow this is amazing, I love it!
James Ransom
this is AMAZING i sung it at my sisters funeral...
Sebastian Moore
Amazing song <3
gemma5632
Awwww, i just heard this version playing at my daughters baby softplay!