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So Few Have So Much

'Tis the season To wish for yours
As you yearn for the other shore

Hold your breath Try not to drown
As this whole whirlpool pulls you down

Tell us what you wanted
What you cannot have
In one little message
You'll be so glad

So few have so much
So few have so much
You'll remember just
When to look and not to touch

We pulled down the stars In this gilded age
And built for you a concrete cage

Locked in your space With the exits blocked
When the fire came you weren't even shocked

We've got a surprise
We've brought him to life
Right before your very eyes

So few have so much
So few have so much
The world you see above
Is not the one you're dreaming of

This Is not a Christmas song
And the story that you know is a Santa - con

So few have so much
So few have so much
There's nowhere to run
When you're the one they're preying on

So few have so much
So few have so much
The world you see above
Is not the one your dreaming of

Inspired by The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York by Alex Palmer

Charlie Nieland: Acoustic and Electric 12 String Guitars, Electric Guitar, Bass, Glockenspiel, Percussion, Vocals
Susan Hwang: Vocals
Billy Loose: Drums

So Few Have So Much

Tightrope

  You're just doing everything  
That you can not to drown 
At least that's what you tell yourself
 While the curtain's coming down  
On another little tragedy 
Or maybe just a farce 
And still you cross your fingers 
There behind you, in the dark  

The colors run together 
And the coins are thrown forever 
An instrument of trust  
Achieve the speed of falling 
By the time they split the surface 
Never break the veil of dust  
Around you  

Where's the fairy godmother saying 
You will go to the ball? 
Now you've pinned the angel's wings 
You've collected, on the wall  
See the tightrope swinging 
So much harder than before 
When the latch goes click 
You're on the wrong side of the door  

The colors run together 
And the coins are thrown forever 
An instrument of trust  
Achieve the speed of falling
 By the time they split the surface 
Never break the veil of dust  
Around you Around you Around you  

And savage flows the river 
Between me and my forgiver 
Across the boundary  
And so there comes the wishing 
Alone with all the wanting 
As far as I can see  
The colors run together 
The coins are thrown forever  
Can you see the speed I'm falling 
Can you hear my voice is calling  
Around you Around you Around you

Inspired by Little Liar by Julia Julia Gray

Charlie Nieland: Acoustic 12 String Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Programming, Vocals
Heather Cole: Violin
Susan Hwang, Drums, Janggu, Vocals

Tightrope

Charlie Nieland has been writing, playing and producing music for decades, with a focus on the atmospheric and imaginative. He played power dream pop with the band Her Vanished Grace for over 20 years before establishing himself as a solo artist with a mix of nuanced songwriting and sonic exploration. Along the way, Charlie wrote and produced material with Debbie Harry, Rufus Wainwright, Rachelle Garniez, Jessie Kilguss, Sweet Soubrette, and is currently half of the literature-inspired songwriting and performing duo Lusterlit with Susan Hwang. He scored the feature film THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS (starring Glen Close), the pilot episode of The L Word on Showtime and the VH-1documentary NY77:THE COOLEST YEAR IN HELL. Charlie was awarded a Gold record (UK) for his production work on Blondie's GREATEST HITS SIGHT & SOUND and achieved a Top 10 Billboard Dance Chart Position with Debbie Harry's single "Two Times Blue", which he co-wrote and produced.

So Few Have So Much

Charlie Nieland Music

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