The Greatest Gift

Lyrics by Alves Batista
Listen to the song

The wind carries heaven’s perfume
The city dresses up in paper costume
Lights are blinking, wishes wait in line
And the world feels ready to pause in time…

I unwrap the stories kept away
Each one longing for a word to say
Photos smiling from a distant shore
Promises the wind blew out the door

The TV sings its hymns of cheer
But my heart tunes something near
An ancient longing, a quiet ache
That Christmas light tries to awake

So let the glitter snow fall down
Let the bells keep ringing loud
For the greatest gift is now
It’s the “How are you?” somehow
It’s the hand that reaches wide
It’s the eyes that see behind
Christmas is not just a date on a chart
It’s the song of peace in a pleading heart

Some are alone, counting the hours
Some feel the weight of the year’s high towers
A child looks up with a brittle hope
An adult smiles just to cope

But if the night is made of grace
Let the miracle start in a face
In “I get you,” in “please stay near”
In a heart that’s willing to give sincere

It’s not about the grand décor
Nor the perfect card once more
It’s the doorway open wide
It’s the bridge we build inside

So let the glitter snow fall down
Let the bells keep ringing loud
For the greatest gift is now
It’s the “How are you?” somehow
It’s the hand that reaches wide
It’s the eyes that see behind
Christmas is not just a date on a chart
It’s the song of peace in a pleading heart

Let the music not be background sound
Let the toast be more than empty round
Let hope not vanish, not decay
In the wind of the twenty-sixth day

Carry the call within your chest
To be shelter, bread, and rest
Christmas is a seed of goodness sown
That yields good fruit as the year has grown

So let the glitter snow FALL!
Let the bells keep ringing, ringing for all!
For the greatest gift is now
It’s the “How are you?” somehow
It’s the hand that reaches wide!
It’s the eyes that see behind!
Christmas is not just a date on a chart…
It’s a plea for peace, a home for the weak!
It’s a plea for peace… in a newborn’s cheek!

Merry Christmas…
May we truly be…
Happy…