The Fray

Released: December 12, 2006

Songwriter: Yoko Ono John Lennon

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now

“Just a couple of kids who were up to no good” is how Isaac Slade, Joe King, Dave Welsh, and Ben Wysocki describe their Denver, Colorado, band. Formed in 2002 while Slade and King were schoolmates, and later joined by Welsh and Wysocki (who were in a band with Slade called Ember near 1999), the group self-released two EPs, Movement and Reason, before releasing their first album under Epic, How to Save a Life. The album would contain the hit singles “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How to Save a Life”, which would give them two Grammy nominations. Afterward, the group would release more the self-titled album The Fray (which would get them two more Grammy nominations, one with the song “Never Say Never”), Scars and Stories, and Helios. In 2016, the group released their greatest hits album, Through the Years, incorporating all of their best hits from their four albums along with a few bonus songs.

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