Last Christmas
Lounge Orchestra Lyrics
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The very next day you gave it away
This year to save me the tears
I'll give it to someone special.
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
The very next day you gave it away
This year to save me the tears
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
The very next day you gave it away
This year to save me the tears
I'll give it to someone special.
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
The very next day you gave it away
This year to save me the tears
I'll give it to someone special.
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Now I've found the real love, now I found
You'll never fool me again!
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Now I've found the real love, now I found
You'll never fool me again!
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
The very next day you gave it away
This year to save me the tears
I'll give it to someone special.
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
The very next day you gave it away
This year to save me the tears
I'll give it to someone special.
The Lounge Orchestra's "Last Christmas" is a classic Christmas song that portrays the emotions of a heartbreak that happened the previous holiday season. The song starts with the singer's confession, "Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day you gave it away." The singer admits to giving his heart to someone whom he thought was "the one," only to have it crushed shortly after by the receiver of his love. The lyrics highlight a sense of betrayal, where the singer feels like he had been fooled into believing that the recipient of his love was sincere, calling this person out as being "a man undercover."
The song's chorus is where the real message of the song becomes clear. The singer says that this Christmas, he'll instead give his heart to someone special to save himself from the tears that came with the past heartbreak. The themes of love and heartbreak run throughout the song, with the singer regretting having given his love to someone who did not recognize its value. The lyrics culminate in the singer finally finding real love and vowing never to be fooled again.
Line by Line Meaning
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
On the last Christmas, I gave you my heart as a gift.
The very next day you gave it away
The very next day after I gave you my heart, you gave it away to someone else.
This year to save me the tears
To prevent myself from crying this year,
I'll give it to someone special.
I'll give my heart to someone who is truly special.
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A lover with an intense passion on his face.
A man undercover but you tore me apart
A man who didn't reveal his true feelings, but you hurt me deeply.
Now I've found the real love, now I found
Now I have found true love.
You'll never fool me again!
I won't be deceived by you again!
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
On the last Christmas, I gave you my heart as a gift.
The very next day you gave it away
The very next day after I gave you my heart, you gave it away to someone else.
This year to save me the tears
To prevent myself from crying this year,
I'll give it to someone special.
I'll give my heart to someone who is truly special.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: GEORGE MICHAEL, HENRI C G HAN KOORENEEF
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