I was afraid   You always came in like a ghost   Snow falling soft from your coat   Lighting our lanterns with whispers and prayers      I stayed up late   You always sang me right to sleep   Glittering lights in the trees   You held our dreams out like stars everywhere      chorus:   I wish you could come   now like you used to   I wish you could come   now like you used to   I'd love to bring you back      When I was alone   You always spoke like something old   Magic and lights in the cold   I'd breathe you in like a wind on my soul      I'd close my eyes   You always came in like a breath   Quiet and still while we slept   December days falling graceful and gold      (chorus)      I've held them close   Winters I so wish I could find   Angels and wonders and signs   Mary and Joseph, a stable, a star