AN ANGEL CAME DOWN / AN ANGEL RETURNED
(Gruber / Robert Kinkel / Paul O'Neill / Jon Oliva)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - 1996


An angel came down one night to the earth
A mission from God to find out the worth
Of everything that His children had done
Since that winter night, the birth of His son

And then a sound filled the night in the cold winter air
And in the midst of his flight it was holding him there
And as he looked towards the Earth for the source of this sound
On that cold winter night, it was pulling him down

To bring something back this angel was told
That no one could touch, but angels could hold
So on that night, when the sky had cleared
Among all the stars an angel appeared

And then a sound filled the night in the cold winter air
And in the midst of his flight it was holding him there
And as he looked towards the Earth for the source of this sound
On that cold winter night, it was pulling him down

An angel returned that night through the sky
But time it was short, he had to decide
And so as he flew back over the land
A gift for his Lord was there in his hand

It was the glow of a light, it was the heart of a song
It was the tear of a child where they never belonged
It was the wish of a soul on an old neon light
And the Lord smiled at him on that cold winter night

Kyrie among nations
Kyrie among nations
Kyrie among nations
Here the bells ring through the night

Kyrie among nations
Kyrie among nations
Kyrie among nations
Hear as they ring through the night

Listen to the bells as they ring, listen to the message they bring
Listen to the sound as they sing as one voice in the night
Hoping that we'll all understand every dream we have's in our hands
And for every bell may they ring all through the night

Kyrie among nations
Kyrie among nations
Kyrie among nations
Hear as they ring through the night

Kyrie among nations
Kyrie among nations
Kyrie among nations
Here as they ring through the night

Listen to the bells as they ring, listen to the message they bring
Listen to the sound as they sing as one voice in the night
Hoping that we'll all understand every dream we have's in our hands
And for every bell may they ring all through your life

And so with his story over. and our bottle nearly through
I asked, "Did this really happen?" He swore every word was true
Then he said, "I see you're puzzled, for your mind tells you to doubt
me
That my story can't be true, but your heart tells you it might be"

He then asked, did it entertain me and I admitted it had charm
Then he said, "Perhaps you have learned something, or at worst I've
done no harm"
Then he rose up from his chair and he said it's time that he should
leave
"But may God keep and protect you this and every Christmas Eve"

Then he left through the front door and I ran out to ask him back
But he was already gone and stranger still, he left no tracks
So I walked back to my home recalling all I'd heard and seen
And for the first time since my childhood, that night I dreamed a
Christmas dream

Merry Christmas!