Halfway Home for Christmas

Lyrics

[Introduction] [Verse 1] The dashboard clock says 8:14 The sun gave up a few hours ago The radio keeps singing carols As snow drifts across the road The taillights stretch like rubies Through the Pennsylvania night And everybody’s headed somewhere Trying to make it home tonight [Verse 2] I’ve got presents in the backseat And a phone that’s blowing up Mom keeps asking where I am now reminding me to drive safe and hurry up Everybody’s waiting for me The tree is already lit And it got me wondering If Mary felt anything like this [Chorus] Was she counting down the miles? Was she watching for the lights? Was she dreaming of a warm bed At the end of that long, lonely night? Or was she scared of what was coming? Was she holding back her tears? ‘Cause I’m halfway home for Christmas And she was halfway to Bethlehem Into a future she couldn’t see from here [Verse 3] Maybe Joseph tried to reassure her Maybe neither one could sleep Maybe every promise God had spoken Still felt impossible to believe Maybe faith looked less like certainty And more like taking one step more Through the cold and through the questions Toward what the future had in store [Chorus] Was she counting down the miles? Was she watching for the lights? Was she dreaming of a warm bed At the end of that long, lonely night? Or was she scared of what was coming? Was she holding back her tears? ‘Cause I’m halfway home for Christmas And she was halfway to Bethlehem Into a future she couldn’t see from here [Bridge] As the Barkeyville exit approaches The thought won’t leave my mind The God who came to save us all Arrived the way most of us survive Not with a map unfolded Not with the ending understood Not knowing where the story led Only trusting that it would And suddenly the miles feel different And the darkness doesn’t seem so long Because maybe faith isn’t seeing tomorrow Maybe faith is just driving on [Final Chorus] Maybe that’s what Christmas teaches Maybe that’s what faith is for Not knowing what waits on the other side But still moving toward the door Like a girl from Nazareth And a carpenter beside her Following a road they never would’ve chosen Toward a story that would change the world [Outro] The dashboard clock says 9:03 And home is getting closer So was Bethlehem