Christmas Crown

[Verse 1]
Another December
Same cracked cup
Same couch
TV glow on the wallpaper
Snow piling up on my doubts
I was halfway gone
Man
Counting ghosts in my glass
Then you walked in with your red scarf
And the whole room just cracked
[Pre-Chorus]
I saw the fingerprints he left
On your wrist
On your laugh
On your breath
You said
"Christmas feels like a test"
I said
"Come on
Girl
Let’s fail it together instead"
[Chorus]
This year you’re wearing a Christmas crown
I’m gonna lift you up
Never drag you down
Take your hand
Walk you out of that storm
Wrap you in arms that stay honest and warm
Yeah
He got years
But he never got your heart
I’ll be the fire when the night gets dark
Under the lights
On this beat-up town
You’re my queen
I’m your fool
With your Christmas crown
[Verse 2]
You told me how he broke you
In a parked car on Main
How the gifts came with conditions
How the bells all rang shame
I’d been wrestling my own shade
Thinking I was too much to mend
Till your tears hit my shoulder
And I finally felt needed again
[Pre-Chorus]
We drove past the bar where he waits
Past the house with the candy canes
You said
"Is it wrong that I’m scared?"
I said
"Baby
Feel it
Every fear means you cared"
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I’ve stared at the ceiling all night
Wondering why I’m still here
Now you’re asleep on my chest
Breathing quiet in my ear
Let him keep his stories
Let him drink his pride
You’ve got my hoodie
My future
And the seat by my side
[crescendo]
We’ll hang our hurt on the tree
Like ornaments we outgrew
Every broken
Bent little piece
Looks beautiful next to you
[Chorus]

rock, Big modern rock ballad: clean electric arpeggios and warm bass in the verses, sleigh bells tucked behind a steady groove. Choruses explode with distorted power chords, wide leads, and gang “whoa”s. Male vocals start raw and pained, then grow into a soaring, confident belt on the hooks; bridge drops to half-time with intimate vocal before a final, triumphant chorus., male vocals