"String of Silver Lights" - Sarah Spencer - Original Americana Christmas Music - Nashville, TN

Name: "String of Silver Lights" - Sarah Spencer - Original Americana Christmas Music - Nashville, TN
Uploaded: 2015-12-04T05:37:21+00:00
Duration: 2 min 51 s
Channel: Sarah Spencer
Description: In this solo performance, Nashville‑based singer‑songwriter Sarah Spencer introduces herself and presents her original Christmas song “String of Silver…

4 Dec 2015 · 3 min

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In this solo performance, Nashville‑based singer‑songwriter Sarah Spencer introduces herself and presents her original Christmas song “String of Silver Lights.” She invites listeners to comment on the video. The lyrics describe a bleak, darkening neighborhood during the holiday season, contrasted with the perseverance of family traditions—her mother hanging lights, her father nailing them to the roof, and the symbolic “string of silver lights” that shines in a “no‑star sky” and a world turned “black and white.” The song reflects on maintaining joy amid hardship, referencing childhood friends, the muted news, and a collective yearning for hope during challenging times.

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Hey y'all, my name is Sarah Spencer and I'm a singer-songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee. And I have a Christmas song for you. So this is called "String of Silver Lights." If you like it, please leave me a note in the comments. I'd love to know what you think. Every year the neighborhood gets darker every hour. But Mama still insists we put them up. And every year the snow comes down just a little harder, but my daddy still nails them on the roof. When happiness needs holding up and you think things can't get bad enough, There's a string of silver lights, radiant in the no-star sky. A string of silver lights in a world gone black and white. Kids who were my classmates, were my neighbors, were my friends, start taking things out of the yard. And we still watch the news, but when we do, we watch on mute so they can't steal the joy still ringing in our hearts. Oh, when happiness knees holding up, and you think things can't get bad enough. There's a string of silver lights radiant in the no-star sky, a string of silver lights In a world gone black. World gone black. World gone black and white.