If It Wasn't for the Night

If it wasn't for the night
 So cold this time of year
 The stars would never shine so bright
 So beautiful and clear
 I have walked this road alone
 My thin coat against the chill
 When the light in me was gone
 And my winter house was stilled
 When I grieved for all I'd made
 Out of all I had to give
 On the eve of Christmas day
 With no reason left to live
 And even then somehow in the bitter wind and cold
 Impossibly strong I know
 Even then a bloom as tender as a rose
 Was breaking through the snow
 In the dark night of the soul, in the dark night of the soul
 If it wasn't for the babe
 Lying helpless in the straw
 There would be no Christmas day
 And the night would just go on
 When it seems that death has won
 Buried deep beneath the snow
 Where the summer leaves have gone
 The seed of hope will grow
 Even now somehow in the bitter wind and cold
 Impossibly strong you know
 Even now a bloom as tender as a rose
 Is breaking through the snow
 In the dark night of the soul, in the dark night of the soul
 In the dark night of the soul
 If it wasn't for the night
 So cold this time of year
 Stars would never shine so bright
 So beautiful and clear, so beautiful and clear