Hold Still 8

Verse

Porch light humming through the screen door

Your jacket still hung by the coat tree

Last year's ornament cracked and worn

Half of them I'm too scared to keep

I count the stars like you used to do

Same old telescope, same old song

The snow is falling soft but my heart's already flown away before the dawn

Pre-Chorus

So how do I hold still when everything's in motion?

How do I stay for one more season?

Is it selfish or just survival that keeps me frozen here tonight?

Chorus

I'm holding still on a hill of pine

Every year the same old rhyme

Snowflakes falling slow but my soul's already flying high

Cause if I move now I'll lose you in the sky

So I stay right here and catch this light one more time

Before it melts like everything else that's mine

I'm holding still, holding still tonight

Freezing every moment so it stays mine

Verse

Neighbor's kid is building a wall of twigs

Every window reflects a different sky

The church bell chimes the same old tune I knew

But this year it sounds like goodbye

I packed your winter coat in tissue paper

Left on the shelf with a faded photo

Maybe letting go would be easier than this fight

But something's holding me to this porch light

Pre-Chorus

So how do I hold still when everything's in motion?

How do I stay for one more season?

Is it selfish or just survival that keeps me frozen here tonight?

Chorus

I'm holding still on a hill of pine

Every year the same old rhyme

Snowflakes falling slow but my soul's already flying high

Cause if I move now I'll lose you in the sky

So I stay right here and catch this light one more time

Before it melts like everything else that's mine

I'm holding still, holding still tonight

Freezing every moment so it stays mine

Bridge

Maybe this year isn't the one to keep

Maybe love looks different than a tree we planted deep

I won't hold on to something turning gray

But I'll carry December in my chest anyway

Every star we ever tracked is burning out

Some winters end like they were never loud

This house still breathes the way it used to breathe

Even if you're not here beside me

Chorus

I'm holding still on a hill of pine

Every year the same old rhyme

Snowflakes falling slow but my soul's already flying high

Cause if I move now I'll lose you in the sky

So I stay right here and catch this light one more time

Before it melts like everything else that's mine

I'm holding still, holding still tonight

Freezing every moment so it stays mine

Outro

Snow is falling soft but my heart's already flown away before the dawn

This year I won't count the stars alone