The Very First Snow

the world rolls

and it changes gears

but today I’ll stay in bed

im gonna soak these sheets in tears

Im gonna think of you instead

 

they say that you’re in a better place now

ah but they don’t believe what they know

you left with all of the christmas lights on

as light as the very first snow

 

i see red and I hear the noise

and I’m gonna go there when I can

a whiskey rye is my drug of choice

i hope the night will understand

 

and though you won’t get that cold anymore

you will freeze in the back of my brain

and in my dreams I will open the door

if you will lean in the frame

 

i’m gonna miss your indoor voice

and the way you washed your hands

and all these diamonds that you left for me

that I just thought was sand

 

they say that you’re in a better place now

ahh but they don’t believe what they know

you left with all of the christmas lights on

as light as the very first snow