This year, give them the two of you

• Midnight Lights

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  PopWarm female vocalsChristmas

  A Christmas song for my wife Donna. She makes the magic in this house: the elf nonsense, the midnight wrapping, the stockings done to a system I'm not cleared to know. Every Christmas Eve, when the kids are finally down, we have a slow dance in the kitchen by the tree lights. This year I want us dancing to her song.

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  Verse 1

  There's a system to the stockings, top secret, classifiedShe won't show me how she does it, I've stopped asking whyElf on a shelf gets moved at midnight, mischief in her eyesDonna makes the magic happen while the whole house sleeps outside

  Verse 2

  Wrapping paper past midnight, ribbons cut just rightEvery gift a little poem she's written out of sightThe kids believe in something bigger cause of what she's builtDonna turns December into everything it could

  Chorus

  So come here by the tree lights, kitchen floor, just us twoKids are down, the house is quiet, it's just me and youSlow dance in the glow of all the magic that you madeDonna, this is your song now, this is our Christmas Eve

  Verse 3

  Nobody sees the hours, the tape and the stringThe way she hides the big one till the morning bringsBut I see it, I see all of it, every year the sameDonna, you're the reason that this house knows Christmas Day

  Chorus

  So come here by the tree lights, kitchen floor, just us twoKids are down, the house is quiet, it's just me and youSlow dance in the glow of all the magic that you madeDonna, this is your song now, this is our Christmas Eve

  Bridge

  No one claps for stockings done just soNo one sees you sneaking round at midnight, soft and slowBut I do, love, I see you, every single yearSo tonight the dance is yours, come here

  Final Chorus

  Come here by the tree lights, kitchen floor, just us twoHouse is finally quiet, it's just me and youSlow dance in the glow of all the magic that you madeDonna, this is your song now, my Christmas Eve

  Outro

  Every year you make it magicEvery year I fall againDonna, dance with me a little longerLet the tree lights never end

• Gareth's Christmas Light

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  PopWarm male vocalsChristmas

  A Christmas song for my husband Gareth, the biggest Christmas kid in this house, and we have actual children. He starts the countdown in October, owns nine festive jumpers, and does a full light display 'for the street', the street has mixed views. Under all the tinsel: he does it because his childhood had none. The song can say both.

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  Verse 1

  October first and the countdown startsGareth's got lights strung across his heartNine jumpers hanging, ready to wearReindeer, robins, tinsel in his hairHe climbs the ladder like it's opening nightSays every house on this street needs lightThe neighbours mutter, roll their eyes a bitBut nobody's turning that switch off it

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  And I know why you do itI've seen it, I understandThere's a boy who got no lights back thenNow he's lighting up the land

  Chorus

  Oh Gareth, my Christmas kidBigger than the kids we hadBuilding magic out of what you never hadEvery bulb, every silly jumper you ownIs a little boy saying I'm not aloneShine on, Gareth, shine on

  Verse 2

  Number four's a jumper with a bellThat actually rings, he'll swear so wellHe tells the kids "the elves ring twice for good"They believe him more than kids probably shouldThe street's got mixed views, that's putting it mildBut somewhere out there's a lonely childWho'll pass our house and stop and stareAnd feel, just for a second, someone cares

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  And I know why you do itEvery year I understandThere's a boy who got no lights back thenNow he's lighting up the land

  Chorus

  Oh Gareth, my Christmas kidBigger than the kids we hadBuilding magic out of what you never hadEvery bulb, every silly jumper you ownIs a little boy saying I'm not aloneShine on, Gareth, shine on

  Bridge

  So keep the countdown coming, loveKeep October in your eyesWear all nine before December's doneLet the whole street roll their eyesBecause under all that tinsel brightIs the softest kind of fightAgainst a Christmas you once missedYou gave us the one that never existed

  Final Chorus

  Oh Gareth, my Christmas kidBiggest heart this house has hadTurning old December into something gladEvery bulb, every silly jumper you ownTells that boy he was never aloneShine on, Gareth, shine onShine on, my love, shine on

• Snow on the Windscreen

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  Jazz standardFor Cyrus

  A quiet jazz love song set in an empty car park under yellow lamps, for love that needs no audience, new or old.

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  Verse 1

  Snow keeps falling on the glassNobody's here to see us waitI forget the hour passedWhen you're this close, I lose the date

  Pre-chorus

  Engine humming, lamps burn goldEverything outside stands stillI've got everything I hold

  Chorus

  Cyrus, you're the warmest thing I knowHeadlights catch the snow like fireCyrus, wherever we goYou're the only place I desire

  Verse 2

  Yellow light comes through the frostYour hand finds mine without a wordNothing here feels like it's lostThis quiet says what should be heard

  Chorus

  Cyrus, you're the warmest thing I knowHeadlights catch the snow like fireCyrus, wherever we goYou're the only place I desire

  Bridge

  Let the whole world stay asleepWe don't need the noise or crowdJust this snow and what we keepQuiet love that's spoken loud

  Chorus

  Cyrus, you're the warmest thing I knowHeadlights catch the snow like fireCyrus, wherever we goYou're the only place I desire

  Outro

  Snow still falls on empty glassBut I'm not counting hours anymore

• Two Mugs on the Step

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  Synth balladFor Carole

  A quiet synth ballad for steady, unshowy love, the kind that sits beside you every morning without needing to prove anything.

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  Verse 1

  Two mugs cooling on the stepNeither one of us has slept muchYou laugh before the kettle's doneThat sound still gets me every time

  Pre-chorus

  I never learned to say it wellBut something in this quiet holdsAnd it keeps building toward your name

  Chorus

  Carole, you're the calm I choseThe warmth that stays when winter goesI'd know your step in any hallCarole, you're the best of all

  Verse 2

  The concrete's cracked but still holds heatYou rest your head against my sleeveNo one taught us how to stayWe just kept choosing every day

  Pre-chorus

  I never learned to say it wellBut something in this quiet holdsAnd it keeps building toward your name

  Chorus

  Carole, you're the calm I choseThe warmth that stays when winter goesI'd know your step in any hallCarole, you're the best of all

  Bridge

  Some loves shout to prove they're realOurs just sits here, plain and stillYou don't need the noise at all

  Chorus

  Carole, you're the calm I choseThe warmth that stays when winter goesI'd know your step in any hallCarole, you're the best of all

  Outro

  Two mugs waiting on the stepStill warm because you're always close

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