[Verse 1] Snow on the mailbox Boot prints on the walk Steam on the kitchen glass Grandma’s quiet talk Cardboard of old ornaments Names in a looping hand I’m taller than the doorway now But I still can’t understand [Chorus] How Christmas cracks my grown-up shell Let the little kid ring the bell Every question Wide and wild Returns to me This shiver in my chest feels new But it’s something I already knew Wonder’s waking up What I was meant to be [Verse 2] Dad lights the candles slowly Breath holds around the flame Shadows climb the living room Nothing feels the same We pass a plate We pass a story Of years before my time Somehow in the telling There’s a spark between each line [Chorus] How Christmas cracks my grown-up shell Let the little kid ring the bell Every question Wide and wild Returns to me This shiver in my chest feels new But it’s something I already knew Wonder’s waking up What I was meant to be [Bridge] All the things I’ve tried to measure All the charts, plans, and proof Fall away when someone whispers “Look” across the room [low vocal register] A baby in a painted scene A carol in a minor key In every tiny Trembling thing A hidden galaxy [Chorus] How Christmas cracks my grown-up shell Let the little kid ring the bell Every question Wide and wild Returns to me This shiver in my chest feels new But it’s something I already knew Wonder’s waking up What I was meant to be [Outro] Ohh, what I was meant to be! Ohh, what I was meant to be! [Fade out] [End]
