Joe (Bridges)

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Winter Nights is an intimate and soulful Christmas album where James Housten captures the quiet beauty, nostalgia, and reflection of winter evenings through deep soul and timeless holiday classics. With his signature warm baritone voice, rich emotional delivery, and elegant arrangements, James presents Christmas not as spectacle, but as a moment of stillness, warmth, and coming home.

This album breathes calm, depth, and maturity — made for late nights, soft lights, and moments when memories gently surface. From heartfelt interpretations of beloved Christmas songs to spiritual, stripped-back moments that leave room for silence and reflection, Winter Nights invites the listener to slow down and truly feel the season.

Winter Nights is not background music —
it is a listening experience.
An invitation to pause, look back, and move forward with grace.

✨ Release Details

Genre: Soul / R&B / Christmas

Mood: Warm · Intimate · Nostalgic · Timeless

Vocal style: Deep warm baritone

Label: MRCLMUSIC

℗ & © 2025 MRCLMUSIC

Silent Night

Some nights the words come easy as a drink
They lean into the melody before I think
I close my eyes, the room begins to breathe
Every sound feels like it’s choosing me

Other nights I stare down at the page
Every line feels too small for the weight
I chase a feeling I can almost hear
It’s right there, then it disappears

I love the way a song can make me feel alive
I hate the way it asks for every part inside
I give it time, it takes it all again
I swear I’m done, then I’m back in

I love the spark, I hate the climb
I lose myself to find the rhyme
It hurts so good, it pulls me through
I don’t know why, but I still do

I hum a phrase just to test its shape
Let it fall, then I rearrange
Some lines land like they always knew
Others fight me just to tell the truth

I’ve torn it down a hundred times
Chased one word through the night
It’s never clean, it’s never fair
But something real keeps pulling me there

I love the way a song can make me feel alive
I hate the way it asks for every part inside
I give it time, it takes it all again
I swear I’m done, then I’m back in

I love the spark, I hate the climb
I lose myself to find the rhyme
It hurts so good, it pulls me through
I don’t know why, but I still do

Sometimes it feels like I’m talking to air
Singing truths I’m not ready to share
Trying to turn a moment into sound
Hoping someone else feels it now

From nothing born, then held too tight
Till it finally stands in the light
I let it go, it don’t belong
Once it becomes somebody’s song

Every silence dares me to begin
Every ending pulls me back again
If this is the cost of feeling whole
I’ll pay it slow

I love the way a song can save my night
I hate the way it keeps me up till light
I break it down, I build it new
I bleed a little just to make it move

I love the fight, I hate the truth
That I don’t know who I am without you
It takes my breath, it sees me through
I curse the craft but I need it too

So I’ll sit right here with the doubt and fire
Let the ache and the beauty conspire
If this is what it takes to feel alive

I’ll write the line
Then write it one more time

Till The Rope Gives Way

Joe

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