(Strophe)
I was a kid with a bag and a name no one used.
Bounced around from home to home like spare-room news.
Every door felt cold, every hallway the same.
People whisperin' 'bout me like I carried the blame.

So I slipped out one night, didn't look behind.
Frost on my sleeves, but I didn't mind.
Followed the hum of a city tryin' to Sleep.
Chasin' the kind of warmth I never got to keep.


(Refrain)
And we're singin'.
Oh, this Christmas night.
Found a little heartbeat in the broken light.
Yeah, we're singin'.
Oh, for the first damn time.
I belong somewhere that ain't just in my mind.
Holdin' on tight.
Guess love can fit under a bridge tonight.


(Strophe)
Found a fire under concrete where the river bends.
A ragged crew of strangers who called each other friends.
They didn't ask questions, didn't flinch when I came.
Just shuffled aside and said, "Come hide from the rain".

Someone passed me a blanket full of stories and smoke.
Someone cracked a joke till the whole bridge broke.
Into laughter that hit me harder than the Cold.
First time in years I didn't feel alone.


(Refrain)
And we're singin'.
Oh, this Christmas night.
Found a little heartbeat in the broken light.
Yeah, we're singin'.
Oh, for the first damn time.
I belong somewhere that ain't just in my mind.
Holdin' on tight.
Guess love can fit under a bridge tonight.


(Strophe)
No silver bells, no picture-perfect Scene.
Just borrowed heat and people holdin' on to dreams.
But in their cracked-up, midnight quiet way.
They gave me back a bit of Christmas I thought had washed away.


(Refrain)
And we're singin'.
Oh, this Christmas night.
Found a little heartbeat in the broken light.
Yeah, we're singin'.
Oh, for the first damn time.
I belong somewhere that ain't just in my mind.
Holdin' on tight.
Guess love can fit under a bridge tonight.