The Snow Keeps Walking Through the Square

Lyrics

The flakes come down on the old stone square
They touch the cobbles and they disappear
A baker sweeps his step and starts again
There's nothing here to fear

I used to think a winter had to stay
To prove itself in drifts against the door
But I have learned there's beauty in the passing
In the quiet and no more

Let it fall, let it go
That is how the soft things grow

The snow keeps walking through the square
It never settles, never stays
But it leaves a hush upon the air
And a light on the winter days
I do not need it to hold the ground
To know it came for me
The snow keeps walking through the square
As gentle as it can be

A child holds out a mitten to the sky
And laughs to watch a crystal turn to rain
She does not mind that nothing lasts the hour
She'll wait and catch it all again

Let it fall, let it go
That is how the soft things grow

The snow keeps walking through the square
It never settles, never stays
But it leaves a hush upon the air
And a light on the winter days
I do not need it to hold the ground
To know it came for me
The snow keeps walking through the square
As gentle as it can be

Some things are only meant to visit
Some kindnesses are only brief
And I have learned to love the moment
Without the need for proof

The snow keeps walking through the square
It never settles, never stays
But it leaves a hush upon the air
And a light on the winter days
I do not need it to hold the ground
To know it came for me
The snow keeps walking through the square
As gentle as it can be

As gentle as it can be