Wrapped Up in December

Verse

Porch light dusted white, your suitcase by the door

Steam rising off two mugs we won't finish anymore

You're folding up the sweater that you wore on Christmas Eve

Snow keeps falling soft like it's not ready to leave

Pre-Chorus

So how do I let go

When the tree's still lit and glowing

How do I say goodbye

When my heart don't want the knowing

Chorus

We're wrapped up in December

Ribbon, string, and all we hold

Every year I'll still remember

How you kept me from the cold

And though the porch light fades to embers

I know we'll find our way back home

Wrapped up in December

Never really letting go

Verse

Train whistle down the valley, frost across the glass

You wave until the platform turns to shadows in the past

I keep the ticket stub, the peppermint you left

A photograph of laughing on the coldest, brightest step

Pre-Chorus

So how do I let go

When your scent's still on my sweater

How do I say goodbye

When I know we'll be together

Chorus

We're wrapped up in December

Ribbon, string, and all we hold

Every year I'll still remember

How you kept me from the cold

And though the porch light fades to embers

I know we'll find our way back home

Wrapped up in December

Never really letting go

Bridge

Maybe goodbye's just a season

Maybe snow's just love that stays

Every star that falls in winter

Finds its way to Christmas Day

So I'll count the months in candlelight

And trust the coming spring

'Cause every ending wears a ribbon

If you just believe in it

Chorus

We're wrapped up in December

Ribbon, string, and all we hold

Every year I'll still remember

How you kept me from the cold

And though the porch light fades to embers

I know we'll find our way back home

Wrapped up in December

Never really letting go

Wrapped up in December

This is how I let you go