Anastasia / Once Upon a December (Lyrics)

Singer: Liz Callaway
Song: Once Upon a December
Movie: Anastasia

{ Lyrics }
[ANASTASIA]
Dancing bears, painted wings
Things I almost remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December

Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory
[Chorus]
Ahh, ahh
Ahh
Ahh, ahh
Ahh

Ahh
Ahh, ahh
Ahh

[ANASTASIA]
Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory

Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember
Things my heart used to know
Things it yearns to remember

And a song someone sings
Once upon a December

#Anastasia
#OnceUponaDecember
#LizCallaway

[catyo]

The moment you see her sisters join her makes me so sad to know that she never saw them again. I know this story makes Anastasia alive when it most likely she died that day but man this movie makes you feel things.

[BearFierce]

When her father kisses her on the forehead, a goodbye he never got to have, so heart breaking.

[thesourpatchkidd]

I honestly don't remember this movie, but this song, this scene...it has always been imprinted on my mind. It's possibly one of the most chillingly beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[lilareyes]

as someone with ptsd and missing so many of my childhood memories, this song is so beautiful and i love how sorrowful yet comforting it is

[flooff]

What's so great about this movie is that despite all of Disney's catalog this is the only one that truly captures the essence of the princess dream, the grandiose of royalty, the wonders of an actual bal with many nobles as the king and queen stand high, music complementing the scenery while everyone dances with such wonder and magic
This is the princess dream.

[MsMeyara]

I honestly don't care of this movie is historically correct or not, but it's definitely one of the best animations out there. I was six years old when this was released and I've seen it so many times and I still can't get enough of it. I honestly hope they once will make this is real-life movie. That would be amazing! This movie is most definitely top 3 best animationmovies ever (imo)

[surrenderjones]

When her sisters touch her arms and hands to see how much she’s grown, while they’ve been gone, is touching and painful at the same time.

[kathrynorozco]

When you thought it was sad but also beautiful but years later as an adult I hear this song and the meaning of the song is even more devastating. An innocent family murdered no survivors, she didn’t get to live to the fullest, get married hopefully a very happy marriage like her parents’ marriage and have children

[vicentehizon]

1:03 Will never not get chills at visual and orchestral swell of the song. The shot of the ghosts of the past bursting out of the paintings and portraits is so beautiful!

[vetarlittorf]

I like how the writers incorporated some of the real Anastasia's personality into the character. The real Anastasia was pretty mischievous and sassy. She usually didn't care much for royal gatherings as they rarely had anyone interesting to talk to, even people her own age. She also hated having servants dress her up for big events and didn't care much either for fancy dresses. The palace was pretty much the only place where she was allowed to be free-spirited and spent much of her free time pulling pranks on the palace staff, hiding in cupboards when her parents or tutors were looking for her and throwing snowballs at her sisters but as she got older she matured out of her mischievous nature and started writing satires and jokes in her free time, though she continued to be sassy and smart-mouthed. This made her Alexei's favourite sister, since she was sometimes able to ease his suffering by making him laugh. And as Alexei got older, he and Anastasia became very close even though he was considerably calmer and more respectful of authority than her.

Honestly, the fact that someone so full of life was murdered stings my heart. The Romanovs were such a loving family.

[BeruBeruIce]

This is the only song in any animated movie that gives me chills in the back of my spine, and so make me tear up

[Flame-rpyq]

I tear up almost every time I listen and watch this, so beautiful, yet so heartbreakingly sad...
even more so if you know the history, she was holding her dog that night, she and her brother managed to survive the initial shot due to the angle, and amount of jewelry she had sewn into the lining of her clothes. (something her mother told her to due incase they managed to escape)
for decades there were rumors that both her and her brother managed to escape, which her aunts and grandmother tried to dearly hold onto some hope while they escaped to Crimea.

[vanille]

I love the details in this movie so much. When the family arrives, and you can see Alexei walking, he actually has a limp, as he had a bad fall when he was young and never walked properly again.

[juicy]

The moment of Olga, Tatania, and Maria dressing Anastasia is so sweet and I like to think it happened IRL at some point, the sisters were close, they would most likely help each other dress. The moment with Nicholas and Anastasia is sweet to, Nicholas lived his family and most likely would have been happy if him and his family were middle class. He was not a fan of being Tsar. Nicholas kissing Anastasia's head feels like something he did in life many times. The forehead kissed in Anastasia's day dream feeling like Nicholas kissing his youngest daughter good bye.

[obiwanfx]

You know you're a historian when you either tear up or get a awful spine tingeling chill at 02:04 ...

[figurative_husband]

My dad recently passed away, and Anastasia was always a favorite of ours. Listening to this made me tear up and even cry. I'm glad that I get to remember this song and know that he loved it as well.

[lucechiara]

Aww when her big sisters Olga, Tatiana and Maria dress her up, they show her the sisterly love she almost remember. So cute 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[Rae__]

I remember hearing something about the line "Horses prance through a silver storm" could be an allusion to the family attempting to escape (horses prance), and the bullets flying through the air (silver storm) as the palace was invaded in the beginning of the film.

I used to LOVE this movie as a little girl. I remember knowing it was based on the unfortunate real family, and I had wished that the situation of this movie could be true, that she was alive. I didn't know the full story, but I knew that the situation was just heartbreaking. I remember holding onto that for years, until it just faded away after time.

[BairMendoza]

I’m not royalty, but as someone who grew up with nothing and then had everything and then lost my whole family, this song will always rip my heart out. My mom and I survived and are good now, but there was nothing like the good old days. 💔

[Greenfield-yfwh]

This was the time when Anastasia's death was not confirmed. It is a modern fairly tale that is sad, but beautiful. I remember watching this movie with my brother & sister on VHS.