(Intro - A fast, bright electric guitar hook plays with a clean, slightly driven tone. Drums and a pulsing bass line kick in with a strong, syncopated pop-rock beat. Synth bells chime the melody.) (C) (G) (Am) (F) (C) (G) (Am) (F) (Verse 1) (C) The city lights were blurring, a red and green mess (G) I slammed the door on the year's total stress (Am) Left the endless meetings and the deadlines behind me fast (F) I knew this frantic moment was built to last the whole holiday. (C) Heard your voice on the phone, said you were waiting up all night (G) That's all the fuel I needed to drive through the cold winter light (Am) I don't care about the gifts or the perfect, clean display (F) The only thing I need is standing in my way. (Pre-Chorus - The guitar riff gets louder, adding a melodic counter-point. The vocals gain urgency and a soaring quality.) (Am) I know the world keeps moving, I know the noise doesn't stop (G) But right here, right now, we're climbing to the highest top of the year (F) This is the speed of Christmas, the rush that takes control of me (C) I’m running on holiday velocity, wild and free! (Chorus - Guitars hit full, sustained distortion. Drums are punchy and driving. Vocals are high, bright, and anthemically layered.) (C) Oh, this is the Holiday Velocity! Yeah, the feeling is loud and it's clear! (G) You're the one constant thing that defeats all my fear right here! (Am) The snow is falling, and the music is fast and it's true (F) Every second of this Christmas rush belongs to you! (C) I’m trading the pressure for the pure, electric sound (G) The best damn place on the whole, wide ground I found! (Am) Let the chaos bloom beneath the fairy lights (F) We own this December with these perfect nights! (Verse 2) (C) Pulled up to the porch, saw the light through the glass and the pane (G) Suddenly all the distance and all the stress were vain and insane (Am) The front door slams, and the silence is instantly gone in the roar (F) This is what I missed, this is what I was fighting for and more. (C) We put on the sweaters, we put on the records that skip and that pop (G) This high-speed energy doesn't even know how to stop or to drop the pace (Am) You laugh at my terrible singing, you fix my crooked hat on my head (F) And every single worry that I carried is finally dead and unsaid. (Pre-Chorus - Building back to peak excitement.) (Am) I know the world keeps moving, I know the noise doesn't stop (G) But right here, right now, we're climbing to the highest top of the year (F) This is the speed of Christmas, the rush that takes control of me (C) I’m running on holiday velocity, wild and free! (Chorus - Maximum full band intensity, the synth bells and guitars dominate.) (C) Oh, this is the Holiday Velocity! Yeah, the feeling is loud and it's clear! (G) You're the one constant thing that defeats all my fear right here! (Am) The snow is falling, and the music is fast and it's true (F) Every second of this Christmas rush belongs to you! (C) I’m trading the pressure for the pure, electric sound (G) The best damn place on the whole, wide ground I found! (Am) Let the chaos bloom beneath the fairy lights (F) We own this December with these perfect nights! (Outro - The guitar riff repeats, accelerating. Drums hit hard, fading slowly into a sustained, ringing synth bell sound.) (C) (G) (Am) (F) (Yelled): Holiday Velocity! Now! (C) (G) (Am) (F) (Final bright chord and synth bell fade.)
