[Intro]
(Bells: three-note motif, soft percussion)
Muted trumpet breathes, brushed snare rolls in the low
(Massed vocals hum under lead)
[Verse 1]
Bells on the roof, velvet streetlamp glow (8)
Iced breath, cocoa steam warming both our throats (10)
Lamplight rests like a secret on your collarbone (11)
A muted trumpet calls — the corner makes it home (10)
Your glove leaves sugar prints on the mailbox red (9)
A dog barks far, a choir tunes the hymn of sleds (10)
Brass stabs on the offbeat where our laughter goes (9)
Under mistletoe, the slow truth shows (7)
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold this small hour, let the cold fall away (10)
Close the shutters on the everyday (8)
(Arrangement cue: brass swells, soft choir answer on the last word)
[Chorus]
Mistletoe magic, hold me close (6)
Brass like church bells cutting through the snow (8)
Massed voices rising, echoing what we know (9)
In your arms, I find home (6)
(Massed vocals reply: "Find home" — staggered harmony)
(Bell motif rings under the last line)
[Verse 2]
Porch light paints laminae on your jawline slow (10)
Muted trumpet on the corner, watching lovers go (10)
Your scarf smells like nutmeg, cocoa on your gloves (9)
Kids chase paper stars and giggle out the hush (9)
A blues guitar slides where the alley meets the night (10)
Brass holds our heartbeat, low and bright (7)
We trade small promises — a key, a tucked-in note (10)
The city keeps its breath; we keep our oath (8)
[Pre-Chorus — Variation]
Tiny miracles stitched through the lamp-post light (10)
Old songs find new tongues tonight (7)
(Call & Response: Lead — "Hold me close" / Choir — "Hold me close")
[Chorus — Variation]
Mistletoe magic, hold me close (6)
Brass like church bells cutting through the snow (8)
Under mistletoe, we trade our old goodbyes (9)
For small forevers in your midnight eyes (8)
(Massed choir tag: "Midnight eyes" — layered, ascending)
(Bells and brass interplay — staccato stabs on the last two lines)
[Bridge]
Remember that year the house was quiet, bare? (10)
Mistletoe hung empty, we kept the porchlight there (10)
You left a note that read: "I'll be back before the dawn" (11)
I pinned it to my heart and learned the shape of dawn (10)
Conflict resolves: the empty year becomes a pledge (9)
Tonight we fill the spaces, cross the line, we hedge (10)
(Arrangement cue: strings swell, then drop to single piano and bell)
[Breakdown]
(Bluesy guitar lick — call-and-response with muted trumpet)
Brass pumps warmth, bells shimmer bright (7)
Massed voices carry us through the night (8)
Call & Response: Lead — "Stay with me" / Choir — "Stay with me" (arranged in three-part harmony)
[Final Chorus — Climactic]
Mistletoe magic — we burn brighter than the cold (9)
Brass and blues, our story fierce and bold (8)
Massed vocals climbing where the night turns gold (9)
In your arms, I am home, I am whole (7)
(Choir ad-lib tag: "Home, home, home" — layered and building)
(Bell motif rings, brass fanfare lifts the last line)
[Outro]
So hold me close as the last snowflakes fall (9)
With every note
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