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"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" was a single released by The Darkness in the UK during December 2003, to fall in with the famous UK Christmas Number One Race.
The song is a take on the usual structure of Christmas songs. It features the usual mention of festivities, Santa Claus and bells, delivered with Justin Hawkins' trademark falsettos.
The school choir providing backing vocals, heard on the single and seen in the song's video, came from Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College school, in New Cross, London, which Justin and Dan's mother once attended.
Following the humor and tone of The Darkness' other work the song also includes a strong level of parody most notably the double meaning of the line 'Bells End' and 'Ring in peace' (ringpiece).
The video features the band unwrapping presents. Justin Hawkins thinks of his girlfriend (played by his then-girlfriend and The Darkness's manager, Sue Whitehouse) as pictured in a bauble and in the fire. Then Justin goes outside and is joined by the rest of the band playing the song. Then Justin opens the door to find a choir standing outside singing the song. Justin joins in and invites them inside. Then Dan Hawkins gives Justin a present; a car key. Then Justin runs outside and into the car while Dan winks to the audience. And inside the car is Justin's girlfriend. They kiss as the spaceship seen in the videos for 'I Believe in a Thing in a Thing Called Love' and 'Growing on Me' (and on the cover of debut album Permission To Land) flies across the sky showing some glittery words saying 'Merry Christmas'.
"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" was a single released by The Darkness in the UK during December 2003, to fall in with the famous UK Christmas Number One Race.
The song is a take on the usual structure of Christmas songs. It features the usual mention of festivities, Santa Claus and bells, delivered with Justin Hawkins' trademark falsettos.
The school choir providing backing vocals, heard on the single and seen in the song's video, came from Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College school, in New Cross, London, which Justin and Dan's mother once attended.
Following the humor and tone of The Darkness' other work the song also includes a strong level of parody most notably the double meaning of the line 'Bells End' and 'Ring in peace' (ringpiece).
The video features the band unwrapping presents. Justin Hawkins thinks of his girlfriend (played by his then-girlfriend and The Darkness's manager, Sue Whitehouse) as pictured in a bauble and in the fire. Then Justin goes outside and is joined by the rest of the band playing the song. Then Justin opens the door to find a choir standing outside singing the song. Justin joins in and invites them inside. Then Dan Hawkins gives Justin a present; a car key. Then Justin runs outside and into the car while Dan winks to the audience. And inside the car is Justin's girlfriend. They kiss as the spaceship seen in the videos for 'I Believe in a Thing in a Thing Called Love' and 'Growing on Me' (and on the cover of debut album Permission To Land) flies across the sky showing some glittery words saying 'Merry Christmas'.
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Feigning joy and surprise
at the gifts we despise over mulled wine
with you
On the 25th day
of the 12th month
The sleigh bells are in time
ringing true
How we cling each noel to that snowflake's hope in hell
that it won’t end
Don’t let the bells end
Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.
Well the weather is cruel,
and the season of Yule warms the heart, but it still hurts.
You’ve got your career, spent the best part of last year apart and it still hurts
So that’s why I pray each and every Christmas day that it won’t end
Don’t let the bells end
Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.
Christmas time, don’t let the bells end
Christmas time, don’t let the bells end
Poised underneath the mistletoe leaf and you’re not here,
You went away upon boxing day,
Now how the hell am I gonna make it into the New Year.
Christmas time, don’t let the bells end
Christmas time, don’t let the bells end
Christmas time, don’t let the bells end
Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.
Christmas time, don’t let the bells end
Christmas time, don’t let the bells end
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