Leon Mondschein - Mistletoe Protocol Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cold December air, frozen screens of light
Mom's pretending everything's alright
Calculated smiles, programmed to deceive
While I'm learning patterns just to breathe

[Pre-Chorus]
Every "How are you?" feels like binary code
In this suburban home that's getting old
F*ck these perfect pictures on the wall
Watching as the snowflakes softly fall

[Chorus]
Under the mistletoe protocol
We're all just playing our roles
Synthetic kisses, digital souls
In this December so cold
Pretending that we know
How to feel, how to show
Under the mistletoe protocol

[Verse 2]
Hamburg nights are getting longer now
Sister's boyfriend trying to fit somehow
Dad's rehearsed speech about my life
While I'm spacing out beneath fairy lights

[Bridge]
Can't process all these signals anymore
Emotional firewalls behind each door
Silent glances, preset harmony
Everyone but me seems to agree

[Chorus]
Under the mistletoe protocol
We're all just playing our roles
Synthetic kisses, digital souls
In this December so cold
Pretending that we know
How to feel, how to show
Under the mistletoe protocol

[Outro]
Christmas cards and practiced lines
Everything's perfectly designed
But somewhere in this frozen scene
I'm dreaming of what could have been