Hold Me This Christmas

Intro

Mmm, ah-ah, yeah

(still cold)

Verse

There’s frost on the window, coffee gone cold

My old coat on the chair, it’s hung out like my soul

I hear carolers two blocks over, laughing down the lane

But the chorus fades away and I’m calling out your name

Pre-chorus

I’ve got stockings by the mantle, one waiting by the door

A plate with one last cookie, crumbs on the floor (crumbs on the floor)

If I could fold this silence, press it like a song

I’d play it to your door till you’d come along (come along)

Chorus

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Wrap your arms around the cold and the quiet in me (oh-oh)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Stay-stay right here, don’t let this lonely be (yeah, don’t let it be)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Verse

I walked past the market where the old man sells the wreaths

He smiled like he knew that someone’s missing underneath

My phone lights up with memories, your laugh on a screen

I scroll and I pretend like you’re still next to me

Pre-chorus

The heater hums a rhythm, a little weary tune

I hum it to the empty room, humming for you (humming for you)

If midnight brings confessions like snow on the street

I’d run from every lonely step just to fold into your sleeves

Chorus

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Wrap your arms around the cold and the quiet in me (oh-oh)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Stay-stay right here, don’t let this lonely be (yeah, don’t let it be)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Bridge

Mistletoe above the doorway, my brave heart on the sill

I practice saying, "come on in" until the words get still

I’m younger than my longing, older than my plans

I keep reaching through the glass for somebody to understand (uh-huh)

Chorus

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Wrap your arms around the cold and the quiet in me (oh-oh)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Stay-stay right here, don’t let this lonely be (yeah, don’t let it be)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Hold me this Christmas, hold me (hold me)

Outro

Mmm, hold me (hold me)

Stay with me (stay, stay)

Hold me this Christmas

(oh — hold me)