Hot Cocoa Through The Years

Floaty chamber-pop ballad with airy woodwinds, felted keys, soft bass swells, and brushed drums, Female vocals in an intimate, close-mic tone; verses stay sparse with flute answering phrases, Chorus opens with stacked harmonies, long reverb tails, and a warm low woodwind pad, Subtle glockenspiel sparkles in the bridge; song ends on a held vocal note as the instruments thin out

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[Verse 1] Steam curls up From chipped white mugs Same corner table Same two hands You stir your drink Like you stir your questions “Do you remember?” You always ask [Chorus] Hot cocoa through the years Every winter We reappear Watching all our edges change Your eyes stay the same Hot cocoa through the years Little tremor in your cheers Laugh lines deeper Hearts still near Hot cocoa through the years [Verse 2] Snow stuck tight To your old scarf fringe Your hair’s gone silver Where it framed your grin We talk in circles About the kids Skip the parts We’ve already lived [Chorus] [Bridge] First year You burned your tongue I laughed Tenth year We almost didn’t make it back Now your hand finds mine Before I ask Two paper cups One steady past [Chorus]

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