[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Snow drifts past the droning streetlight, Everything looks clean tonight All the sharp edges dressed up in soft white Painted like that, all is forgiven My window’s a snowed-over TV screen Street corner glowing in yellow, red, and green Summer left everything black in between But winter makes frames ‘round the livin’ I crack the door, let the cold crowd in It bites my throat, but kinda feels like a friend I’m real for a moment that I hope’ll never end. Ache in my hands, breath fogs my vision [Transition] And I think, [Refrain] Living in this slow-mo halo The whole world turns the volume low Time frozen ‘tween ebb and flow I stand center frame in the snow [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Sidewalk’s blank as a hospital sheet I step stitches in a line with my feet I’m the only sentence in this street At least, that’s how it’s reading No traffic tonight, save the muted train Rumblin’ under glowing gray Falling flakes keep the night contained Like it’s holding its breath with me It’s quiet, but not the hollow kind More like the world just changed its mind Turned down the lights, gave me some time To hold this moment, so fleeting [Transition] And I think, [Refrain] In this soft-framed, unexposed glow The clouds lean down, they want to know If I’m okay walking home alone I stand center frame in the snow [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Sometimes I daydream you’re walking here too Boot prints running parallel to my shoes We pretend to keep our trails unfused We still drift close, we mix footprints Breath making overlapping little ghosts Laugh catching on your scarf and in your throat Snow on your lashes, you look up and glow God, that smile leaves me burnin’ And for a second, we’re the whole night sky Two small people, the world in your eyes Every tree, every porch, every light All background, our world done spinnin’ [Transition] In that frame, [Refrain] When the universe shrinks to this one road And the falling white hangs; a curtain closed On everything that doesn’t need to show We come into focus in the snow [Break] But it’s just me, my collar up high Streetlamp rings and misty eyes You’re somewhere warm, a picture framed, divine I'll meet you in a moment, a captured point in time. Snowlight on the sidewalk makes a spotlight outta me Like the world left this quiet intentionally A single lonely subject in a single lonely frame Signed in empty footprints, a memory of my name [Transition] And I think, [Final Refrain] Even if the future’s never known Even if I’ve gotta take it slow Snowlight ‘cross the sky, aglow I stand center frame in the snow ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ © 2025 The Badfatler All rights reserved.
