Nerina Pallot - Two Figures In The Snow lyrics

When I was just six years old My mother left me by my own For a day or maybe three It's my longest memory Of all the things that we might be The summoned past is what we leave So if you ask me what I am I shall only show my hand When I was a little boy My father never brought me toys My father only brought me blood But in the end, blood's not enough I know this is a lonely road Eleven thousand miles of cold To trap the heart and choke it dead Eleven thousand miles they said (Eleven thousand miles they said) But oh my darling, don't you fear I will always keep you near In the winter take my soul I will never let you go Oh my darling, you will see This is what you mean to me More than riches, more than gold More than can be bought or sold Now mine is a simple prayer Cast into the midnight air Years enough to what you grow Years enough so you shall know Oh this is a lonely road And onwards, onwards we must go And yours the gift to raise the dead Now burn a ghost inside your head Now burn a ghost inside your head But oh my darling, don't you fear I will always be right here In the winter take my soul I will never let you go Oh my darling, you will see Everything you mean to me More than riches, more than gold More than can be bought or sold When I was just six years old My mother left me by my own But oh my darling, don't you fear I will always keep you near