A Wicked Chanukah Lyrics

This year has changed our history

We'll never be the same

Today it feels like everything we thought we knew has changed

But we still count our blessings,

Remembering we were freed

It's time to shine our light

And live our lives

Proudly

We know we'll thrive, defining destiny

We won't stand by, defining destiny

And they won't bring us down

Now, Chanukah illustrates well

The way we rebuild from disaster

We would not bow to idols

'Cause Seleucids said so

We had to hide our faith

Until we rose up from the throes

We Jews were not afraid of

Fighting back against the odds

'Cause what is life

If you can't put your trust in G-d?

And we would rise, the defiant Maccabees

We won the fight, the defiant Maccabees

They'd never bring us down

Chanukah!

We celebrate Chanukah

For each night from one to eight,

We illuminate

Dreidel-spinning skills astound

We say all the proper prayers

And have gifts to share

Remember, it's the thought that counts

'Cause it's Chanukah

Miraculous Chanukah

Maoz Tzur Yeshuati

Helped us beat the Greeks

Nes gadol haya po ...well, sham

And that is why we want to

Have a happy Chanukah

...kah

La, la, latke

That's what we eat on Chanukah

Now, Antiochus was the Jewish nemesis

He invaded Israel with his fellow Hellenists

The guy was basically a Greek supremacist,

A colonizer

We threw out his idols

That's how we got to Chanukah

It's all about Chanukah

We'll feed you some oily foods

What a festive mood

I'm sure every Jew'd agree

Have a happy Chanukah

We're free

La, la, latke

If you wanna-kah,

Come celebrate this Chanukah with me!

So if you care to join us

Look to the candlelight

As we commemorate

We stand together, Am Yisrael Chai!

And in the face of challenge

Think of the Maccabees

How they persisted

Overcame 'til we were free

And spread your light, defining destiny

Eight crazy nights, defining destiny

Cause freedom's what it's all about

No terror or Antiochus

No enemy there is or was

Is ever gonna bring us down

Wish you a happy...

(Light the Chanukiah ... AMEN!)

...Chanukah

(Al Hanisim bayamim hahem bazman hazeh!)