I Miss You at Christmas

Intro

mm-mm, oh

(carol hum, soft) (ah)

Verse

The tree is up but the room feels used

Tinsel like scattered confessions on the floor

I pour another cup but it tastes like you

Cold breath on the window, can't warm it anymore

Your jacket's on the chair like a ghost of better years

I keep pretending that it fits, that it still smells like you

Phone screen stays dark, no festive cheer

Just the calendar counting down what I can't undo

Pre-chorus

I drive past old corners where we used to laugh

Your laugh on repeat, but it's quieter now

Snow falls slow, like it knows how I feel

I close my eyes and try to find you somehow (mm)

Chorus

I miss you at Christmas, yeah (oh-oh)

I miss the way you said my name (mm)

I miss the little lights, the tiny fights (uh)

I miss the quiet mornings after rain

I miss you at Christmas, yeah (oh-oh)

I find your sweater in my hands again

I miss the little lights, the silent nights (yeah)

I miss the way you said my name (oh)

Verse

There’s a record on that we never finished

The chorus stuck between the cracks of the floor

I hum the line but I get it wrong

The melody collapses at the door

Your handwriting on the card looks small

Like every full stop keeps you just out of reach

I trace the ink and I forget it all

Try to build you back with every word I breach (mm)

Pre-chorus

The kitchen clock reminds me that time keeps moving

But my hands keep waiting on the edge of the day

I light a candle for the things I couldn't save

It flickers like a promise that won't stay (oh)

Chorus

I miss you at Christmas, yeah (oh-oh)

I miss the way you said my name (mm)

I miss the little lights, the tiny fights (uh)

I miss the quiet mornings after rain

I miss you at Christmas, yeah (oh-oh)

I find your sweater in my hands again

I miss the little lights, the silent nights (yeah)

I miss the way you said my name (oh)

Bridge

I walk the street where the singers used to stand

They pass me carols like strangers passing hands

My lips move with the words but they sound flat

Like a picture of us with the colors all gone

If wishing was a phone I’d call it late

Say come back through the door, just one more Christmas day

But glass remembers footsteps I can't erase

And snow writes what I never learned to say (mm-mm)

Chorus

I miss you at Christmas, yeah (oh-oh)

I miss the way you said my name (mm)

I miss the little lights, the tiny fights (uh)

I miss the quiet mornings after rain

I miss you at Christmas, yeah (oh-oh)

I find your sweater in my hands again

I miss the little lights, the silent nights (yeah)

I miss the way you said my name (oh)

Outro

mm-mm, oh

(the record slows) (fade)

I miss you at Christmas, I miss you at Christmas (mm)

I miss the way you said my name (yeah)