SNOWFALL ZYRO [Intro — Distant Wind, Soft Piano, Faint Christmas Bells] [Deep, Almost Whispered Voice] Funny thing about snow… It covers everything. Except the things you remember. [Soft 808 Enters] [Chorus — Deep, Melodic Rhythmic Rap] Snowfall, snowfall, White on the streets where we used to walk. Cold nights, missed calls, I still hear your voice when the winter talks. Snowfall, snowfall, Christmas lights shining on an empty wall. Whole world celebrating, But I’m driving through December With your shadow in the car. [Verse 1 — Intimate, Controlled Storytelling] Six past midnight, got the heater running low, Windshield full of memories underneath a coat of snow. Passed the little corner shop where you bought that stupid hat, Said it made me look like Santa, and we couldn’t stop laughing at that. Now the shutters are down and the windows all glow, There’s a family round a table in a house I used to know. Got a present in the trunk that I never got to give, Funny how the smallest things are the hardest ones to live with. [Flow Switch — Faster, Emotionally Restrained] Traffic lights blinking, got me thinking, overthinking, Every street becomes a picture, every picture keeps me sinking. I remember all the dinners, all the arguments, the forgiveness, All the ordinary moments that I didn’t know I’d miss. [Pre-Chorus — Sparse Piano, Deep Voice] They say time makes it easier, Maybe that’s what people say. But December has a habit Of bringing yesterday. [Chorus — Atmospheric 808s] Snowfall, snowfall, White on the streets where we used to walk. Cold nights, missed calls, I still hear your voice when the winter talks. Snowfall, snowfall, Christmas lights shining on an empty wall. Whole world celebrating, But I’m driving through December With your shadow in the car. [Verse 2 — Deep, Increasingly Intense Rap] I don’t talk about the absence, I just carry it in silence, Got a thousand conversations with the ghosts behind my eyelids. I can handle all the pressure, I can stand against the violence, But a song from our December leaves me sitting here in quiet. [Technical Double-Time — Precise, Emotional] Little fragments, little habits, automatic recollections, Every avenue’s a catalogue of unfinished conversations. I keep searching for a reason, for a perfect explanation, But some people leave a space that doesn’t come with a replacement. [Flow Slows — Intimate] Saw a father lifting up his little boy to see the lights, Saw a woman holding flowers as she hurried through the night. Everybody’s got a story that you never really see, And I wonder how many people feel as lonely here as me. I could turn around and go back to the apartment where I stay, Put the television on and let the hours slip away. But I pull into the driveway where we watched the falling snow, Leave that present by the doorstep, Then I turn the car toward home. [Bridge — Piano Only, Barely Above a Whisper] I hope you’re warm. Wherever you are. I hope somebody makes you laugh The way we used to. [Silence] Merry Christmas. [Final Chorus — Deep, Emotional, Subtle Strings] Snowfall, snowfall, White on the streets where we used to walk. Cold nights, missed calls, I still hear your voice when the winter talks. Snowfall, snowfall, Christmas lights shining on an empty wall. Whole world celebrating, And I’m learning how to carry All the love that isn’t gone. [Outro — Deep Spoken Voice] Maybe missing someone… Is just another way Of keeping them close. [Soft Piano — Falling Snow Ambience] ZYRO.
