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about
I was asked by many this year to do another holiday song. I wanted to do something original, and find a topic that I hadn't heard before in a holiday song. I also didn't want it to be exclusively about Christmas so as to include all people from any background.
Bad Holiday is about the people who don't love holidays. They aren't social and every year they dread having to get through the family and friends get togethers. I grew up with someone in my life who had a hard time putting on a happy face to see other people. It's ok if you don't want to come out of your room sometimes.
lyrics
I see it now in white
the whole house covered up
but you
weren’t inside the night
the basement flooded up to the second floor
its a sad holiday
does the snow melt away
and reveal the grass
its the warmth of a kiss
never speaking of it
and it all will pass
but you don’t want to see the lights
you don’t want the company to see you cry
you’re not one to make a fuss
you don’t have to come out of the room to us
i feel it now your right
the whole house buzzing some
but you
pretend to sleep and cover your eyes
and i had a gift for you
when you get downstairs
its a bad view from here
its the people you’re near
they’re all the same
its the place you grew up
do you feel good enough
a family in a way
credits
released December 12, 2015
Written by Joey Vannucchi
Recorded and Performed by Joey Vannucchi and Sean O'Sullivan at Little Shuteye Studios in North West, CA.
I don't find many musicians that can play such simple, raw and stripped-down music and bring me so close to tears. Everything you hear: the words sung, the chords played and the emotions displayed so simply; I couldn't ask for anything more or anything less. Travis
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