[Verse 1]
Grandma’s chair still by the window
Indent in the cushion where she prayed
Smell of cloves and orange in the kitchen
Her handwriting on the recipe page
[Chorus]
We stand on the snow on their shoulders
Every flake a story they lived through
All the ones who lit these candles
Kept this fire
Now it’s burning in me and you
We’re hanging up time like tinsel
Every laugh
Every loss shining through
Snow on their shoulders
Now it’s falling on me and you
[Verse 2]
Dad in flannel tying up the tree stand
Telling how they used to drag one home
Radio soft
Same old carol
Different faces
Same old living room glow
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Names round the table like a chorus
Some are spoken
Some just understood
Empty chairs
But they sit here between us
In the creak of the floorboards
The grain in the wood
[Chorus]