Faint winter light on the boards by the doorway,

dust in the air like it’s learning to dance.

I sweep up the remnants of last night’s misgivings,

folding the quiet like delicate plans.

Your coat’s on the chair where you left it on purpose,

a whisper of warmth in a room gone cold.

I’m hanging up tinsel that shivers like verdicts,

wondering how much of me you still hold.

And every brittle bauble

echoes through the walls,

reminding me how fragile

I get when evening falls.

So I deck the halls with all my faults,

lay them bare in silver light.

If you wander back this evening,

you’ll see truth instead of spite.

I’ve no gift that’s neatly wrapped,

just the honesty I stalled.

So I deck the halls, I deck the halls

with all my faults.

I keep rearranging the shadows for comfort,

placing the candles in hesitant rows.

I hum a refrain from the song we were singing,

the one where the meaning nobody knows.

Your breath in the mirror still lingers in memory,

a soft little ghost I refuse to chase.

I’m trimming the branches with quiet confessions,

letting the winter reveal my face.

And every candle flicker

pushes at the seams,

pulling out the stories

I hid inside the beams.

So I deck the halls with all my faults,

let them shine though faint they are.

If you walk back through that doorway,

you’ll see every missing star.

I’ve no ribbon for redemption,

just the truth I can’t recall.

So I deck the halls, I deck the halls

with all my faults.

Maybe you’ll return tonight,

or maybe I’ll stay here alone.

But winter has a way of turning

every silence into stone.

And if you read the room, you’ll notice

all the pieces that I’ve placed —

they’re the parts of me I’m learning

not to hide or to erase.

So I deck the halls with all my faults,

let them shimmer in the dark.

If you ever wanted honesty,

it’s written in the spark.

No pretending I’m perfection,

no disguising every fall.

So I deck the halls, I deck the halls

with all my faults.

All my faults…

here for you…

here for me…

deck the halls…