“Santa’s Real” is the seventh track from Sasha Sloan’s debut album, Only Child. Much like the other songs from the album, “Santa’s Real” reflects on Sasha’s past, specifically her childhood, and how she was so “naive” then.
In an interview with Idolator, Sasha explained that “Santa’s Real”:
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[Verse 1]
I used to believe in magical creatures
I'd meet Prince Charming with all the right features
And ride off in the sunset on a horse
That's before I knew about divorce
[Verse 2]
When I would go to sleep, I'd always say, "Mom
Keep the door open and please leave the light on"
'Cause I thought monsters lived under the bed
That's before I knew they walk the streets instead
[Chorus]
I wanna live in a world
Where peoplе don't get hurt
And everybody's got еnough money
Where nobody ever gets sick
Or has to skip a meal
I wanna live in a world where Santa's real
[Verse 3]
I used to think superheroes existed
If there was smoke in the sky, they'd come fix it
'Cause good guys always won in the end
But that's before I knew that it was all pretend
[Chorus]
I wanna live in a world
Where people don't get hurt
And everybody's got enough money
Where nobody ever gets sick
Or has to skip a meal
I wanna live in a world where Santa's real
[Bridge]
I used to be young and naive
Until I saw things I couldn't unsee
[Chorus]
I wanna live in a world
Where people don't get hurt
And everybody's got enough money
Where nobody ever gets sick
Or has to skip a meal
I wanna live in a world
Where things I believed as a kid
Actually exist
And everybody's good to each other
Where nobody ever gets drunk
And gets behind the wheel
I wanna live in a world
Live in a world
I wanna live in a world where Santa's real
Santa’s Real was written by Sasha Alex Sloan.
Santa’s Real was produced by King Henry.
Sasha Alex Sloan released Santa’s Real on Fri Oct 16 2020.
In an interview with Idolator, Sasha said,
I saw this little kid in a grocery store and I was like, “I wish I was eight years old during this [quarantine].” You’re young and you know things are bad, but you can’t understand how bad they are because you’re protected. So I wrote a song about missing...
This was initially meant to be a jab at being cynical and jaded, and growing up to realise that shit’s basically rigged. But then the pandemic happened, and the world caught fire, and it was the first time in my life that my problems felt truly insignificant because everything else seemed so bad. I...