Wish I Was There This Christmas

[Verse 1]
Snow on the window
Glasses on your nightstand
Half-folded stockings
Waiting on the floor
Your mug in the kitchen
Lipstick on the rim still
I see it in my mind
Like I’m at the door
[Chorus]
Wish I was there this Christmas
Holding you under the glow
Fingers laced
The world outside
Falling soft like snow
If my love could cross this distance
You’d feel my heartbeat in your hands
Wish I was there this Christmas
Right where your quiet heart still stands
[Verse 2]
I know how you’re breathing
When the movie’s starting
You laugh at the lines
That I quote by heart
You’ll straighten the angel
On top of the tree then
Leave one space open
Like a missing part
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
So hear this through the silence
Through the late-night TV hum
Every mile between us
Is melting into one
I’m there in every carol
In each tiny
Twinkling light
Say my name in a whisper
I’m beside you tonight
[Chorus]

Cinematic holiday ballad with intimate piano intro, close-mic’d male vocals. First verse sparse with soft strings in the distance, slow swell into a wide, orchestral chorus. Subtle bells and warm pads on the hook, then a stripped bridge that drops to piano and voice before a final soaring refrain with stacked harmonies and emotional string climax., male vocals, slow, deep