The year crept by in shadows
Oh it seems so long ago
Lost in numb reflection
She was waiting for the snow
It's a long way home when you've strayed so far
She shed her wings and threw herself
Into the storm outside
Ashamed of all the hopes she'd failed;
The tears she couldn't hide
The rain wasn't cold enough to remind her she could feel
And life isn't long enough to be waiting, waiting...
She met a boy who claimed to
Understand why she hurt
He reeled her in with fairy tales;
She swallowed every word
But it was all too fast; all too crazy to last
She called it love, but it was just
An empty shell she found
Too frail to catch the mesh of dreams
That spiralled to the ground
It's a long way down when you've flown so high
Life just isn't long enough to keep waiting, waiting...
Waiting for the snow
To hide the tears away
Frozen desert white
To camouflage the grey
Waiting for the snow
But tomorrow's still alive -
If you're waiting for the snow
You won't see it rise
(Waiting... waiting...)
Now even when she's lonely there's a light that always shines
'Cause there's music in the silence if you look between the lines
When autumn turns to winter as it did so long ago
She'll seal away that memory of waiting for the snow