Name: Last Christmas (a response from the slandered)
Duration: P00H05M29S
Description: A take on the classic Wham! pop jam. The lyrics are written from the other perspective while musically giving a cheeky wave to Type O Negative

Last Christmas (a response from the slandered)

by Hesper Payne

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A take on the classic Wham! pop jam. The lyrics are written from the other perspective while musically giving a cheeky wave to Type O Negative

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Once bitten and twice shy
The lament of a fool with hope in their eyes
This romance was only in your head
You don’t need a lover
Try therapy instead

A grim infatuation
you wrapped in love and sent it
an emotional burden
that I never wanted
you don’t even know
What a fool you’ve been
You’ve learned nothing at all
I know you’ll do it again.

Last Christmas, You gave me your heart
The very next day
It withered away
I never asked you to give me this burden
The weight of your need
Felt like emotional murder

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
avoiding you as your tears dry
I'm not here to save you from yourself
Your constant need for validation is putting me through hell

The face of delusion with a void at it’s heart
a need for control that kills all joy when it starts

If you don’t work,
to heal the hurt inside
you’ll be alone
and lost till the end

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released December 23, 2021
Alexandra Durning - synths and jingles
Brooke Johnson - everything else

Recorded mixed and mastered by Brooke at Alchemillia Hospital (W13) because no one was fast enough to stop him. Art also by Brooke. Apologies to Wham! and Type O Negative.

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Hesper Payne Liège, Belgium

Doomed Heavy Metal inspired by the myths and landscape of North East England. Formed in 2004 and not dead yet.

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