Written and recorded in Taigu, China in December 2009.
Lyrics
You were kind when
you lost your mind
they say you had a lot to find
you weren’t mine
when the snow came down
you were the quiet kind
the kind I always meant to find
the one I didn’t want
to leave me behind
you didn’t believe me
when I said you needed me
you were 22 years old
when I lost you completely
by the time things turned white
you were a billion tiny reflections of light
The snow wasn’t
yours for the taking
fifty feet of ice and
my body is breaking
the infinite isn’t all
it’s cracked up to be
cause without you here
I must use four eyes to see.
Couldn’t get home
when I was buried in snow
though you said it was time to go.
the rearview is clear
when it’s too late to matter
I didn’t call your phone
though you asked for my number
the last time we kissed
it was only a blunder.
I wished that I had thought about
the things that I could live without
I hadn’t thought yet
it was your life I’d have to live without.
I couldn’t get home in time
to stop you from drawing that f*** ing irrational line.
Can’t you see
these notes I have written
fifty feet of snow
and still they will glisten
And here wrapped up
in these billions of flakes
I will see for both of us
no matter what it takes.
You weren’t mine to be saved
and I wasn’t yours to be brave
they say you had lost
for the very last time
The snow wasn’t
yours for the taking
fifty feet of ice and
two bodies are breaking
But here wrapped up
in these billions of flakes
I will see for both of us
no matter what it takes.
