Eleonor Lyrics

A beautiful girl with eyes so bright

Her heart alight, she told me a tale one night

A story that chased away the darkest plight

On New Year's Eve, the snow falls down

A little girl walks barefoot in the town

With slippers too big, she lost her way

Across the street, as carts sped away

Her feet now purple from the cold

She's walked all day, no matches sold

She huddles close in a street corner's bend

Afraid to go home, where beatings might end

Her frozen hands reach for a match

Against the wall, a flicker to catch

A flame ignites, a warmth she feels

But fades away as coldness steals

With another match, a table appears

An oozing goose, filling her with fears

It leaps towards her, fork and knife in its back

But the match fades, dreams turn to black

A third match lights a Christmas tree

Candles ablaze, a sight to see

She reaches out, but the match dies out

Candles become stars, her fear's about

With a final match, her grandmother's near

In a halo of light, she's nothing to fear

The child begs to join her, in peace she'll roam

She strikes all her matches, turning night into foam

With her grandmother's embrace, they rise in the light

No cold, no hunger, no fear takes flight

Come morning's light, the child's found dead

But with joy in her heart, she joins her grandma instead

In each of us lies a little match girl's flame

A spark of hope in life's enduring game

Though the world may seem cold and bleak

Her light within... our strength we seek