Kelly Clarkson
Merry Christmas (to the One I Used to Know) lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:11
If I could feel a memory instead of turning back time
I know that the past is all that's left of you and I
I'd relive when we first met, when you caught my eye
The rush of us and all that was right now would be so nice
But I know when Christmas comes around
And the snow falls like a fresh start on the ground
You aren't the one I'm missing, he left long ago
But Christmas Eve, my gift to me is dancing with your ghost
So Merry Christmas, to the one I used to know
If everything was like a dream, you'd be by my side
And who I thought you were was true, not made up in my mind
You'd be here in my arms where I thought you'd be tonight
Instead of me, left wondering, was everything a lie?
But I know when Christmas comes around
And the snow falls like a fresh start on the ground
You aren't the one I'm missing, he left long ago
But Christmas Eve, my gift to me is dancing with your ghost
So Merry Christmas, to the one I used to know
Once a year, I let my heart go back to you and me
A secret gift I give myself
On Christmas Eve
If I could feel a memory instead of turn back time
I know that the past is all that's left of you and I
Still I know when Christmas comes around
And the snow falls like a fresh start on the ground
You aren't the one I'm missing, no, he left long ago
But Christmas Eve, my gift to me is dancing with your ghost
So Merry Christmas, to the one I used to know
So Merry Christmas, to the one I used to know
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Key vocabulary
- instead
- as an alternativeB1
- when
- at what timeB1
- used
- worn or previously employedA2
- feel
- have an emotionA1
- turning
- becoming different directionA1
- that's
- that isA1
- i'd
- I would (I’d)B2
- relive
- live again
- back
- toward the rearA1
- memory
- ability to rememberA2
About this song
Kelly Clarkson is an American singer known for pop, country, and R&B. She rose to fame as the first winner of American Idol in 2002 and is recognized for her versatile, powerhouse vocals and a string of major hits such as “Since U Been Gone” and “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).”