[INTRO soft fingerpicked guitar and low drone pad, penny whistle sketching a simple carol-like motif, very gentle, no vocal yet] [VERSE 1 female vocal enters softly, close and intimate, guitar and pad only] All the lights are in the shopping mall Perfect families in the posters on the wall Round the back by the loading bay There’s a girl and a boy with a baby on the way [PRE-CHORUS light hand percussion comes in, whistle echoes last phrase quietly] Every door says “Sorry, we are full tonight” So they wrap up tight and hold on to the light [CHORUS fuller but still simple, steady strum, soft pad, penny whistle answers the vocal lines] No room in the city, no space at the inn Just a storeroom floor and a cold draught creeping in But love lies breathing on a folded coat While the traffic hums like an angel’s note No room in the city, no welcome sign Still a child is born and the stars align [VERSE 2 back to gentler texture, hand percussion eased back] Up above there’s a choir on screen Singing peace on earth in a perfect scene Down below in the concrete glow There’s a brand-new life that the world won’t know [PRE-CHORUS same shape, a touch more emotion, whistle hinting at the chorus melody] Every heart that’s waiting on a second chance Has a place in this unfinished dance [CHORUS repeat main chorus, slightly bigger vocal and harmony on key words] No room in the city, no space at the inn Just a storeroom floor and a cold draught creeping in But love lies breathing on a folded coat While the traffic hums like an angel’s note No room in the city, no welcome sign Still a child is born and the stars align [BRIDGE music drops to guitar and soft pad, vocal almost a whisper, penny whistle joins only at the end] If you feel forgotten on the edge of town There is hope that chose the hard way down [FINAL CHORUS biggest moment but still simple, light harmony from her own voice, penny whistle lifting over the last lines] No room in the city, no crown, no throne Just a borrowed space and a love unknown And the cold night shivers but the dark can’t win When a tiny light starts burning from within No room in the city, still the story’s clear Every broken heart has a Saviour near [OUTRO guitar and drone only at first, penny whistle restates the main hook softly, final chord held and faded]
