[Verse 1: Tori Amos]
Lo! how a rose e’er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung
Of Jesse’s lineage coming
By ancient sibyls sung
A rose doth bear a flower
All in the cold midwinter
And at the midnight hour

[Pre-Chorus: Tori Amos & Natashya Hawley]
He waits for her to find
The heart she left behind
He prays she’ll find her way
To be his bride some day

[Chorus: Tori Amos]
Ivy, of all the trees in the wood, holly warms the rose
Holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown
Of all the trees in the wood, holly bears the crown
Holly and the ivy, the running of the deer
For his rose to bloom, holly waits every year

[Pre-Chorus: Tori Amos & Natashya Hawley]
And he waits for her to find
The heart she left behind
He prays she’ll find her way
To be his bride some day
[Chorus: Tori Amos & Natashya Hawley]
Ivy, of all the trees in the wood, holly warms the rose
They're both full grown
Holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown
Of all the trees in the wood, holly bears the crown
The holly and the ivy, the running of the deer
For his rose to bloom, holly waits every year
For his rose to bloom, holly waits every year
Waits every year

[Verse 2: Tori Amos]
Lo! how a rose e’er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung
The frozen air perfuming
That tiny bloom doth swell
It’s rays the night illuming
The darkness quite dispel
Oh, flower beyond compare
Bloom in our hearts midwinter
Restore the springtime here