Close Is Close Enough

Christmas-1960s doo-wap, muted upright bass, brushed jazz drums, arco cello countermelody, soft violin harmonic line, glassy close mics, hall reverb, analog warmth, restrained dynamics, bittersweet reflection, winter stillness, Christmas theme variation, 95 BPM, verse chorus form, romantic, NO piano, duet male-female

Come sit closer by the flame
The room is small, but it knows our name
Snow is tapping on the pane
We can let the whole world wait again

I like your hand in my sleeve
That kind of quiet is hard to leave
We don’t need gold, don’t need show
Just your knees near mine and the fire’s slow glow

Let it be enough tonight
Let the cold stay on the other side
If the world can spin out there
We’ll be warm right here

Close is close enough
(Mm, close is close enough)
Wrapped in the same old blanket
(Frozen world can wait)
We don’t need much
(We don’t need much)
Just your breath and this firelit place
Best times come small
(Mm, best times come small)
Two hearts, one blanket
Snow on the glass
Fire in the dark
That’s all we need
That’s all we want

Your shoulder fits like it knows
Every rough edge that the winter throws
Ashes drift and the logs crack low
Like a secret only the house could know

I’ve chased loud streets, long days, bright rooms
Still your silence makes more sense than truth
When the wind leans hard at the door
I want this simple thing more and more

Let it be enough tonight
Let the cold stay on the other side
If the world can spin out there
We’ll be warm right here

Let the winter do its worst
We’re already where we want to be
No big plans, no grand parade
Just your laugh and the shape of me

If this is all
Then this is enough
Close the distance
And hold me up

That’s all we need
That’s all we want
Close is close enough
Close is close enough

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Come sit closer by the flame The room is small, but it knows our name Snow is tapping on the pane We can let the whole world wait again I like your hand in my sleeve That kind of quiet is hard to leave We don’t need gold, don’t need show Just your knees near mine and the fire’s slow glow Let it be enough tonight Let the cold stay on the other side If the world can spin out there We’ll be warm right here Close is close enough (Mm, close is close enough) Wrapped in the same old blanket (Frozen world can wait) We don’t need much (We don’t need much) Just your breath and this firelit place Best times come small (Mm, best times come small) Two hearts, one blanket Snow on the glass Fire in the dark That’s all we need That’s all we want Your shoulder fits like it knows Every rough edge that the winter throws Ashes drift and the logs crack low Like a secret only the house could know I’ve chased loud streets, long days, bright rooms Still your silence makes more sense than truth When the wind leans hard at the door I want this simple thing more and more Let it be enough tonight Let the cold stay on the other side If the world can spin out there We’ll be warm right here Close is close enough (Mm, close is close enough) Wrapped in the same old blanket (Frozen world can wait) We don’t need much (We don’t need much) Just your breath and this firelit place Best times come small (Mm, best times come small) Two hearts, one blanket Snow on the glass Fire in the dark That’s all we need That’s all we want Let the winter do its worst We’re already where we want to be No big plans, no grand parade Just your laugh and the shape of me If this is all Then this is enough Close the distance And hold me up Close is close enough (Mm, close is close enough) Wrapped in the same old blanket (Frozen world can wait) We don’t need much (We don’t need much) Just your breath and this firelit place Best times come small (Mm, best times come small) Two hearts, one blanket Snow on the glass Fire in the dark That’s all we need That’s all we want That’s all we need That’s all we want Close is close enough Close is close enough

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