“Oh Noel” is a melancholy closing track that was recorded in one take, on the first try, for the 2019 Christmas Drag EP by IDKHOW frontman Dallon Weekes with Stu Maxfield on piano. It was co-written by Dallon’s longtime Friend Nate Pifer.
The story of the song appears to follow the main protagonist...
[Chorus]
Hasn't every little Christmas wish been sent?
Have sugar plums been dancing in your head?
I hope the holiday will find you well
Oh, Noel, oh, Noel
[Verse 1]
I met you in December '93
Noel been staying up the block with her mother's family
For two straight weeks, we ran through snow
And kissed beneath the mistletoe
And swore our love in secret company
[Chorus]
Hasn't every little Christmas card been sent?
Has every child been tucked into their bed?
I'm hoping that this song will find you well
Oh, Noel, oh, Noel
[Verse 2]
A decade passed and letters all but died
Ten years that saw her folks divorced and best friend's suicide
I'd see her on occasion looking pale and petrified
I'd wave but she would only turn and cry
[Verse 3]
The embers in the fireplace are dead
The late-night news reports are being read
They found you in some dirty cheap motel
But oh well, oh well
[Outro]
Noel, Noel, Noel
Oh Noel was written by Dallon Weekes.
Oh Noel was produced by Dallon Weekes.
I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME released Oh Noel on Fri Nov 15 2019.
A friend of mine, Stu Maxfield, came in and played the piano on the track. We went in on the first take, and the engineer chimed in and asked us if we wanted another pass at it. But we both looked at each other at the end and said, ‘No, there’s something special about that one.’ So first take, first...