Cold Nights, Warm Arms

**COLD NIGHTS, WARM ARMS**

 

 

Intro (soft, Auto-Tune hum)

 

Yeah — midnight talkin', city lights blink slow,

 

You my shelter when the winters blow.

 

 

Verse 1 (melodic, intimate)

 

Used to count the nights I couldn't call your name,

 

Sirens in the distance, but you whisper like a flame.

 

You seen me at my lowest, still stayed by my side,

 

Stacked my heavy secrets, never ran, you never lied.

 

Paper thin protection, but your heart kept me warm,

 

On these concrete pillows you kept me from the storm.

 

Tell me how we made it, when the odds said fold,

 

You my real one, shawty, not a story to be sold.

 

 

Pre-Chorus (rising)

 

We ride through cold winds with our hands intertwined,

 

Every bruise in my past you turned into a sign.

 

When the city turned its back and the lights went dim,

 

You held every scar like it belonged to them.

 

 

Chorus (melodic, hooky)

 

Cold nights, warm arms — you keep me right, baby, right,

 

Through the fights, through the storms, you the light in my life.

 

Cold world, your heart's a fire that I can't deny,

 

You my peace in the pavement, my reason why.

 

 

Verse 2 (gritty, confessional)

 

Got a ledger full of losses, but you balance it with love,

 

You pray for all my demons when the moon ain't givin' us enough.

 

Seen me hustle with a hollow in the soul of my chain,

 

Saw me sinkin', then you taught me how to swim through the pain.

 

Neighbors judge the love they never really know,

 

But they ain't been through winters where the cold winds blow.

 

I promise every sunrise, every beat before I go,

 

I put your name on trophies that this life can't show.

 

 

Bridge (breathy, emotional)

 

If the world fall apart, we gon' glue it back with vows,

 

If the nights get colder, we'll heat 'em with our vows.

 

Hold me close, speak soft, let the streets talk their noise,

 

We built peace from pieces, you my calm, my choice.

 

 

Chorus (wider, harmonies)

 

Cold nights, warm arms — you keep me right, baby, right,

 

Through the fights, through the storms, you the light in my life.

 

Cold world, your heart's a fire that I can't deny,

 

You my peace in the pavement, my reason why.

 

 

Outro (fading, intimate)

 

Yeah — when the lights fade and the city sleeps,

 

You the promise that I keep.

 

Cold nights, warm arms — forever on my mind,

 

You my home, shawty, till the end of time.