Work It Out (For Christmas)

The lights went up on Hogan Street, same as they do every year
This December's colder since you walked out of here
We said things we never meant, oh please give me slack
Now I dream to the pain of the words we can't have back

Your scarf still hangs behind the door, your book still by my bed
I read the lines you underlined, like letters never signed
The tree's been trimmed but it leads to one side, like me without your grace
I keep your name and whispered prayers in the quietest place

But maybe this season could soften the reason
We let something sacred just shatter and fall
Could snow over anger and melt what turned stranger
I'm holding the hope that will answer love's call
Let's find our way back through the frost and the doubt

Work, work, work it out
Work it out, for Christmas
Work, work, work it out
Work it out, for Christmas
Work, work, work it out

Your mother sent a card today, still signing love from all
I wonder if she knows we've changed or still expects your call
The world spins on in silver and gold but the warmth just feels unearned
What good is a fire when the one all you love won't return

I don't want redemption wrapped in ribbon apologies
But if you're still out there listening
Then please just come back and speak to me

Cause maybe this season could silence the treason
Of pride and the holes that we let in
The halls could candle the sorrow and light up tomorrow
I'm writing your name in the snow as it falls
Let's find what we lost, let the stars guide us out

Work, work, work it out
And work it out, for Christmas
Work, work, work it out
And work it out, for Christmas
Work it out

Now I don't need the perfect night
No sleigh bells, no parade
Just your voice in the doorway saying something can be saved
We were never just December, we're worth the fight, remember
Let's work it out

Work, work, work it out
Work it out, for Christmas
Work, work, work it out
Work it out, for Christmas
Work, work, work it out