A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens, first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim.
The book was written and published in early Victorian era Britain when it was experiencing a nostalgic interest in its forgotten Christmas traditions, and at the time when new customs such as the Christmas tree and greeting cards were being introduced. Dickens' sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales.
The tale has been viewed by critics as an indictment of 19th-century industrial capitalism. It has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and sombreness. A Christmas Carol remains popular, has never been out of print, and has been adapted to film, stage, opera, and other media.
Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to President John Adams.
Born in Boston, Adams was brought up in a religious and politically active family. A graduate of Harvard College, he was an unsuccessful businessman and tax collector before concentrating on politics. As an influential official of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Boston Town Meeting in the 1760s, Adams was a part of a movement opposed to the British Parliament's efforts to tax the British American colonies without their consent. His 1768 circular letter calling for colonial cooperation prompted the occupation of Boston by British soldiers, eventually resulting in the Boston Massacre of 1770. To help coordinate resistance to what he saw as the British government's attempts to violate the British Constitution at the expense of the colonies, in 1772 Adams and his colleagues devised a committee of correspondence system, which linked like-minded Patriots throughout the Thirteen Colonies. Continued resistance to British policy resulted in the 1773 Boston Tea Party and the coming of the American Revolution.
Charles John Huffam Dickens ( /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and the creator of some of the world's most memorable fictional characters. During his lifetime Dickens' works enjoyed unprecedented popularity and fame, but it was in the twentieth century that his literary genius was fully recognized by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to enjoy an enduring popularity among the general reading public.
Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school to work in a factory after his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Though he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. He edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Ebenezer Scrooge is the principal character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is a cold-hearted, tight-fisted and greedy man, who despises Christmas and all things which give people happiness. Dickens describes him thus: "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice ..." His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy, traits displayed by Scrooge in the exaggerated manner for which Dickens is well-known. The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday. Scrooge's catchphrase, "Bah, humbug!" is often used to express disgust with many of the modern Christmas traditions.
In his diaries, Dickens states that Scrooge stems from a grave marker which he saw in 1841, while taking an evening walk in the Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh. The headstone was for the vintner Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie, a relative of Adam Smith, who had won the catering contract for the visit of George IV to Edinburgh and the first contract to supply whisky to the Royal Navy. The marker identified Scroggie as a "meal man" (corn merchant), but Dickens misread this as "mean man", due to the fading light and his mild dyslexia. Dickens wrote that it must have "shrivelled" Scroggie’s soul to carry "such a terrible thing to eternity". The grave marker was lost during construction work at part of the kirkyard in 1932.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.
The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [dubious – discuss] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
Steve Strange/Robin Simon/John Bryan/Guy Hatfield/John Graham
And on we go
Chasing all the way but we’re not lost
And on we go
Chasing all the way but we’re not lost
And we ain’t got time for us
Analyzed and sanitized, alone here I search for rescue
Paralyzed, anesthetized, wake up, face it, break it, rush from solitude
And on we go
Slipped away with swords and lost our name
And on we go
Slipped away with swords and lost our name
Be who you are and say what you feel
Those who mind don't even matter
Those that matter they don't mind
If they don't matter, leave them behind
I see you leaving, soon to arrive
Stop searching and you will find
Stop running and just slow down
Time to catch your breath
Breathe life into me, resurrect me with you air
Never been gone far to long, too long to be forgotten
Breathe life into me, for we have so much to share
Never been gone far to long, breathe life into me
Life's measured by the number of steps
By moments that take our breath away
Health is the greatest gift
Fulfilment is the best relationship
Breathe life into me, resurrect me with you air
Never been gone far to long, too long to be forgotten
Breathe life into me, for we have so much to share
Steve Strange/Steve Barnacle/John Bryan/Sare Havlicek/Julie Scott/Rich Mowatt
Take a look in the mirror, I’ve been crying out my eyes for you
Cold icy decisions and I wonder
Is it pain that tears my heart from me or is it loss?
All I know is that I want something more more more
Chorus
Don’t go askjng me to change my mind (I’m begging you for my forgiveness)
Don’t go looking for a hidden sign
Don’t go askjng me to change my mind (I’m begging you for my forgiveness)
Don’t go looking for a hidden sign
No more left in the giver, no more crying in the rain for you
Just the thought makes me shiver and I wonder
Was I sane to give my heart to you or just bold?
All I know is that I want something more more more
Chorus
Don’t go askjng me to change my mind (I’m begging you for my forgiveness)
Don’t go looking for a hidden sign
Don’t go askjng me to change my mind (I’m begging you for my forgiveness)
Don’t go looking for a hidden sign
Wherever you’re going I don’t wanna go
Whenever you’re crying I don’t wanna know
Walking in a Parisian boulevard, tears streaming in my face
Looking below us, our hearts were breaking
Did we face a different feeling?
Your face, your thoughts intact, visions, feelings, just forlorn
Fading into darkness, fading into darkness
Chorus
Don’t go askjng me to change my mind (I’m begging you for my forgiveness)
Don’t go looking for a hidden sign
Don’t go askjng me to change my mind (I’m begging you for my forgiveness)
Don’t go looking for a hidden sign
Wherever you’re going I don’t wanna go
Whenever you’re crying I don’t wanna know
Chorus
Don’t go askjng me to change my mind (I’m begging you for my forgiveness)
Don’t go looking for a hidden sign
Don’t go askjng me to change my mind (I’m begging you for my forgiveness)
Destroy yourself if you love me, we're nothing together un-cut
Subversion becomes solitary, I'm buried in the scrap yard missing you
I'll give you two lead wings for your journey, Tartarus is calling your name
Temptation was born out of envy, in love with the chaos our style lies forever in death
I don't mind if... worn and broken we don't care what ghosts they find
We're in fashion, shameless fashion
We're in fashion, shameless fashion
I drove the knife through my own heart, it was a pact and you wouldn't go first
Now I'm waiting for you in the red rooms, missing the water, exclusive abuse
Surrender to the greatest of numbers, paradisiacs whisper your name
Useless, defective, this junks' retrospective, stuck between lives we've stitched ourselves in vein
I can't see why but... bruised and wounded we don't care what ghosts they find
We're in fashion, shameless fashion
We're in fashion, shameless fashion
Early 80's make up, fashion, once seen, soon to be in vogue (fashion)
Old fascinations, new sensations, I haven't got the patience (shameless fashion)
Two air kisses on both cheeks, as I turn I feel a dagger dig deep, deep, deeper
Turns a white shirt red, in the red red rooms
Early 80's fashion
I thought that obsession would count for something
Now I'm staring through the glass as the rain comes down
And there are rooms you shouldn't go into
I see you by the door with the faintest smile
There's no reason you should see me (reason you should see me)
There's no reason you should know (I am here)
I don't want a thing from you now (want a thing from you now)
I just need to know you're there... I am watching
I thought that derision would help us through this
Now I'm standing in the trees with the sun in my eyes
There are calls you shouldn't pick up now
I hear you on the phone with the thinnest sigh
There's no reason you should see me (reason you should see me)
There's no reason you should know (I am here)
I don't want a thing from you now (want a thing from you now)
I just need to know you're there... I am watching
I am watching cos I do this all for you now
I am watching cos I do this all for you now
I just want to help you get through this
You're playing with questions and I'm chasing regrets
Breathe, state your intentions and make me wanna forget
Cry, cry all you want but I won't come running to you
Stop, turn it around now, I know just what I will do
A tear in my soul, now I'm out of control
Cos it's never enough, never enough, never enough
Can't look in your eyes, can't face your disguise
Cos we're never enough, never enough, never enough
Raw, roar your intentions, make it deep in the dark
Slide, words never real, run now making your mark
Wound, sound in a circle, scared to speak to my face
Cease lose your devotion, shout now shedding disgrace
A tear in my soul, now I'm out of control
Cos it's never enough, never enough, never enough
Can't look in your eyes, can't face your disguise
Cos we're never enough, never enough, never enough
A tear in my soul, now I'm out of control
Cos it's never enough, never enough, never enough
Can't look in your eyes, can't face your disguise
I'm looking in the mirror, is this really me?
Do you see a stranger? tell me what you see
Hold my hand, understand
Time away from here, coming to an end
And if you ask me how did I get here (did I get here)
I couldn't tell you, I just disappeared (and re-appeared)
I've been lost in static for so long (it's hard to know)
What is the difference (give up dreaming) is this a memory?
Been far away from heartbreak, was this really free?
Do you dream in whispers? Tell ma where to be
Soul in hand, painless man
Hope you get to know someone on the end
And if you ask me how did I get here (did I get here)
I couldn't tell you, I just disappeared (and re-appeared)
I've been lost in static for so long (it's hard to know)
What is the difference (give up dreaming) is this a memory?
And if you ask me how did I get here (did I get here)
I couldn't tell you, I just disappeared (and re-appeared)
I've been lost in static for so long (it's hard to know)
I see something on the horizon
Can it be she's electric?
Find it hard to believe she's coming
Do what it takes to protect her
One, feeling it coming
Two, she's coming around
One, feeling it coming
Two, she's coming around
I hear something under the night-time
Can it be she's electric?
Find it hard to believe it's over
Do what it takes to detect her
One, feeling it coming
Two, she's coming around
One, feeling it coming
Two, she's coming around
One, feeling it coming
Two, she's coming around
One, feeling it coming
While you were sleeping, I had a vision that gently took the pain away
Am I still dreaming? I search for meaning, you turn my world from night to day
I hear you calling, like a stone I am falling, red lights in the siren sings
I missed the warnings, I knew it was coming, can't fly on a broken wing
Dreamer I know (is that how you wanted it to be?)
Dreamer I know (it's over, it's over)
Dreamer I know (is that how you wanted it to be?)
Dreamer I know (it's over, it's over)
How did this happen? I feel no malice that slowly made us fade away
There is no reason, why wait for healing? It's something that just can't be found
I hear you calling, like a stone I am falling, red lights in the siren sings
I missed the warnings, I knew it was coming, can't fly on a broken wing
Dreamer I know (is that how you wanted it to be?)
Dreamer I know (it's over, it's over)
Dreamer I know (is that how you wanted it to be?)
Dreamer I know (it's over, it's over)
Dreaming of me but it's over
Further and further, not closer
We're out of the dark, now it's over
Embrace it... and take it to the light
Dreamer I know (is that how you wanted it to be?)
Dreamer I know (it's over, it's over)
Dreamer I know (is that how you wanted it to be?)
[Lyrics: Turner]
[Music: Pepa]
In mortal flesh attired, walking on man-made streets
Human tongue and human conduct, human manners and human ways
Yet the warm white breast holds deep in the chest a ravenous heart
A big bad wolf clad in sheepskin, lurking, craving to reap
[Lead; Suckdog]
The wolf clad in sheepskin, lurking
And the hand held out is craving to reap
Harvesting souls, the flea within
Agents of hell, agents of hell
Turning the righteous on
Burning the righteous down
Agent 666
In mortal flesh attired, walking on man-made streets
Human clad in clay has a rockmachine
Agent of hell on infernal mission
He won?t never ever land
[Music; Pepa]
[Lyrics; Brolycke, Bloodlord, Pepa]
The origin of evil, the bringer of death
Try to escape, the end is determined
Your attempts are useless, in the end you will be
Crushed by the endless wrath of Vassago
Fear the evil, crawl in the mud
You will end up crushed by a scud
Wake up and see through the illusion
Escape from the flesh and find the solution
Flee to the east , flee to the west
Without faith you will forever rest
Flee to the south , flee to the north
Your incineration will come forth
The origin of evil, the bringer of death
Try to escape, the end is determined
Your attempts are useless, in the end you will be
Crushed by the endless wrath of Vassago
Fear the evil, crawl in the mud
You will end up crushed by a scud
Wake up and see through the illusion
Escape from the flesh and find the solution
Flee to the east , flee to the west
Without faith you will forever rest
Flee to the south , flee to the north
Your incineration will come forth
I will remake what your "god" have done I will remember the things you deny
How he died on the cross I'll make him die again
Foolish ones, do you believe in all his lies?
Stoned by mortals (means that)
he can be stoned again nailed by those who knows whats right and wrong
I hail those who know...
Jesus christ, Jehovah and god I deny your strength
Mortals rule this fucking earth
Tell me what sins I've done and I'll do them again
I cannot fear what I dont see 1000 years you've fought against me
without victory I will now declare war against you
and I am going to win the hordes of darkness are with me
and the weak are with you they are brave,
I can admit they fight for one they think died a thousand years ago...
I cant respect the weak!!!!!
The war is now over
I am sitting at your throne now we're going to burn this world and create a new,
recreate what you have destroyed
Banned be your fucking trinity!
Banned be the holy laws banned be the holy fucking book
the only book is printed in blood!
Kill in Satans name
Fight for Satan
You will die
Kill in Satans name
A massive dose of bullits straight in your face
A massive dose of bullits sent out of hell
A must to destroy the bullshit that derives from your face
A massive dose of bullits sent out of hell
A massive dose of bullits straight in your face
A fist sent out by Satan, right in your ugly face
The knights from hell of Satan are here to kill and rape
IAK BAGHTWAAR DIAVATHRAA!!!
[Lead; Suckdog]
Kill in Satans name
Fight for Satan
You will die
I saw on my both sides an abyss full of black shapes of hell
they scream and call me brother,
they call me brother I saw on my both sides an abyss
full of black shapes of hell they scream and call me brother,
they call me brother
A fire was rising up from the abyss it burned my skin
and boiled my blood it will never end I scream with pride in my voice;
"Evil be my good, evil be my good!!!"
A fire was rising up from the abyss it burned my skin
and boiled my blood it will never end I scream with pride in my voice;
"Evil be my good, evil be my good!!!"
I heard a storm of rejoicing when I fell it will never end
I scream with pride in my voice;
"Evil be my good, evil be my good!!!"
"Evil be my good, evil be my good!!!"
Abyssical downfall to the kingdom where I will rule eternally!!!
I saw on my both sides an abyss full of black shapes of hell they scream
[Lead: Suckdog]
Riders of black at the battlefield stands
Surrounded by bodies, the enemies slain
Death in the air cleansed our breath
Total war brings total death
[Lead; KK Kranium]
On our stallions of black we march for war
To kill the last standing of the human race
The swords in our hands cut like razors
Cutting the throats of the feeble humans
No more fucking peace, war at last
Only death remains...
[Lead; Suckdog]
Battle follow battle til the end is reached
To stand against evil is to march to death
Join our horde or join the eternal sleep
This final total war is ours to win
[Lead; Pepa]
Battle follow battle til the end is reached
To stand against evil is to march to death
Join our horde or join the eternal sleep
This final total war is ours to win
Kill, kill him, kill him,
kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill!!!
No more fucking peace, war at last
Behold the sign
Of the mighty one
Behold the path
To the darkest one
Behold the throne
Of the supreme one
Behold the sign
Of the mighty one
Behold the path
To the darkest one
Behold the throne
Of the supreme one
666 carved in the bullet
It kills every one
Metallic Mayhem of death strikes out
Red laserdot beams marks the spots
Suckers of the light
Transforms to pussies
666 carved in the bullet
It kills every one
Sign of Vassago
Metallic mark of sado
Extreme speed of evil
Exclusive seed of satan
Grand aggressive violence
Pounding machinegun brain-fuck
666 carved in the bullet
It kills every one
blast away human parts
demonic iron phallo
Suckers of the light
Transforms to pussies
666 carved in the bullet
It kills every one
Sign of Vassago
Metallic mark of sado
Extreme speed of evil
Exclusive seed of satan
Grand aggressive violence
Pounding machinegun brain-fuck
[lead; Suckdog]
666 carved in the bullet
It kills every one
Grind of Vassago,
gigantic metal phallo
Suckers of the light
Transforms to pussies
666 carved in the bullet
It kills every one
Sign of Vassago
Metallic mark of sado
Extreme speed of evil
Exclusive seed of satan
Grand aggressive violence
"May the bridges I burn show me the way!!!"
Suicide be my FUTURE!!!
Satan I am soon by your side
Darkness darkness be my guide
Evil evil for you be my good
Blackened this blackened soul of mine
....I bleed....
...leave my body...
.....blue.....
I enter the blue light!!!!
I am freed.... FREE!!!
Satan I am soon by your side
Darkness darkness be my guide
Evil evil for you be my good
[Music: Pepa]
[Lyrics: Rudolfsson]
We lick the blood of our swords
And raise them towards the sky
We scream the name of our lord
For you we fight and die
We scream your name
Into the night
We are your knights
In Satanic might
S . A . T . A . N x66
Satan
Satanic slayer
Satan
Satanic slayer
Satan
Satanic slayer
Satan
Satanic slayer
We lick the blood of our swords
And raise them towards the sky
We scream the name of our lord
For you we fight and die
We scream your name
Into the night
We are your knights
In Satanic might
S . A . T . A . N
Satan
Satanic slayer
Satan
Satanic slayer
Satan
Satanic slayer
Satan
Satanic slayer
[Lead: Suckdog]
Dressed in steel forged in fire
Mighty flames of hell
Hell we feel black desire
Fill us with your spell
We scream your name
Into the night
We are your knights
Kill in Satan's name
fight for Satan
you will die!
A dark cloud is rising on the horizon, the skies are glowing in fiery red,
The North and the South, East and West, have sworn allegiance to the armies
Of Death
Burning rivers, dried-up oceans, desert lakes, and wasted plains
Crumbling hills, tumbling mountains, charcoal trees, columns inflamed
We stand and look at the works of Hell
Boastful and proud, we've performed them well!
Take
One last look at the earth, god
While it still stands as the realm that you claimed
Satan's armies are charging
And when we are through, it will never be the same
Holocaust winds devastating the churches, believers buried under sacred stone
The mild and the meek, the weak and the feeble, exterminated one by one
Nuns violated by ghoulish hordes, monks castrated with razor-sharp swords
Graves re-opening and taking in the whole bastard brood of the Nazarene
We look about, not one soul anymore
Willing to hail the son of the whore!
Take
One last glance at your herds, god
While they still look upon you and sheepishly pray
A memory of brainless devotion
Will be all you are left with, we will sweep them away
Godforsaken
Godforsaken
Raped holy virgins giving birth to snakes, angels impaled on a million stakes
Prophets with eyes and tongues cut out, no more lies will ever pour out of
Their mouths,
Demons feasting on the fruits of Eden, cherubs and seraphs tortured and bleeding
Howling soldiers soiling your throne, desecrating the altar you're crouching on
We look around, orgastic glee
The powers of evil, eternally free!
Take
A last glimpse round heaven, god
The Paradise meadows, peaceful, serene
They will be a raging inferno
When the unsaintly armies are marching in
Dare look at me, one look in my eyes, and i'll spare your worthless,
Miserable life
No brave deed demanded of thee, just one brief look, and you will go free
Yet I know you won't, horrified of the spell, you can never look into the
Face of hell
Cowardly grovelling in front of Me, face hidden in dust, sight of misery
I spit on you and I crush your skull
Victory, triumph, once and for all!
And now
Dare look at Me, god
Your conqueror, your master, your Lord I am
Remember the words I have spoken,
I will never serve you - non serviam!
Godforsaken
[Music: Pepa, Bloodlord]
[Lyrics: Sin]
The evil-creator gave me the power
He gave unto me the storms and the winds
He gave me the power to reign
And he wants me to destroy the world of god
Destroyer
I gave this world a stormwind of hell
And i gave this world a raging thunder
I spread the virus of death with my breath
I make the fucking world suffer in pain
Destroyer
I suffocate the air
I burn the oceans dry
I drown the earth in blood
And I nail your god once again
[Lead: Suckdog]
I'll blind the eyes that never saw
Deafen the ears that won't hear the truth
I'll cut the throats that sing not My praise
Corrode the brains enshrining but lies
Ha, how pure their thoughts will be!
I'll break the hands that are folded in prayer
Crush the feet that walk the lamb's path
I'll tear the wombs that give birth to weakness
Rip out every heart that beats not for Me
How clean their blood-dripping bodies will be ...
I'll burn the houses, shelters of falseness
Blast every road built in hope of escape
[Lead; Suckdog]
I'll blind the eyes that never saw
Deafen the ears that won't hear the truth
I'll cut the throats that sing not My praise
Corrode the brains enshrining but lies
Ha, how pure their thoughts will be!
I'll break the hands that are folded in prayer
Crush the feet that walk the lamb's path
I'll tear the wombs that give birth to weakness
Rip out every heart that beats not for Me
god of heaven, show me thy endless fall
With broken wings, fly nomore Blood of heaven, crystalized
Wear your glory as a curse
Forever burn, eternal fall each single nail represents every single lie
Spill the blood of christ Upon your holy ground
Nothing is sacred in this satanic rite
Melting throne, candles bleed dust in the air,
empire collapse we rise our cups to the skies...
...and spit...
[Music: Pepa]
[Lyrics: Sin]
I saw on my both sides an abyss full of black shapes of hell
They scream and call me brother, they call me brother
I saw on my both sides an abyss full of black shapes of hell
They scream and call me brother, they call me brother
A fire was rising up from the abyss
It burned my skin and boiled in my blood
It will never end
I scream with pride in my voice;
"Evil be my god, evil be my god!!!"
A fire was rising up from the abyss
It burned my skin and boiled in my blood
It will never end
I scream with pride in my voice;
"Evil be my god, evil be my god!!!"
I heard a storm of rejoicing when I fell
It will never end
I scream with pride in my voice;
"Evil be my god, evil be my god!!!"
"Evil be my god, evil be my god!!!"
I heard a storm of rejoicing when I fell
It will never end
I scream with pride in my voice;
"Evil be my god, evil be my god!!!"
"Evil be my god, evil be my god!!!"
Abysmical downfall to the kingdom where I will rule eternally!!!
A fire was rising up from the abyss
It burned my skin and boiled in my blood
I saw on my both sides an abyss full of black shapes of hell