Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] You’re setting out the plates I’m staring at a screen That crooked little angel Tilting on your tree You’re laughing in a room I only hear in dreams I trace your name in frost On this midnight window seat [Pre-Chorus] Every carol on the radio Sounds like us in another life I’m counting all the miles between Every breath Every sigh [Chorus] I wish I was there with you at Christmas On that couch in my old sweater Holding you Watching snow fall on the quiet houses Every light a way back to you If I could trade this distance for your doorstep I’d walk barefoot through the cold and never move I wish I was there with you at Christmas Wish my arms were the wrapping around you [Verse 2] You’ll pour that cheap red wine Into Mom’s chipped glass You’ll save my favorite seat Like the year before last You’ll tell them I’m “doing fine” With that half-believing laugh I’ll warm my hands on coffee Trying not to call you back [Pre-Chorus] Every photo in my trembling hands Is a doorway I can’t reach I mouth the words to grace alone Your name under my teeth [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] If I could fold this map Turn oceans into streets I’d follow every star Till your front porch found me [building softly] Leave my bags outside Let my heart walk in Kiss December from your lips Start again Start again [Chorus]
Tags
Slow cinematic ballad with piano leading, soft strings gradually swelling. Intimate male vocals start almost spoken, then open into a soaring, emotional chorus. Subtle percussion and rising pads enter in the second half for a powerful lift, then everything drops back to piano and a few aching string lines for the ending., raw, deep, male vocals, slow
Duration
3:36
Instrumental
No
Created
12/24/2025