Track 1 of the album Houseplants for Company · 2024
Snow That Never Settles
by Wren Hallett
“Flakes come down like paper stars past the kitchen light. I wanted the record to open the way a quiet winter evening does.”
indie folk · winter folk · hushed folk · 3:47
Lyrics
Flakes come down like paper stars Past the kitchen light They touch the glass, they touch the yard And vanish out of sight I hold my tea and watch them go Too warm for them to stay The road stays black, the roofs stay brown It's snowing anyway Snow that never settles, snow that never stays Still I'll stand here at the window like it's Christmas Day Not everything that's lovely has to last to be true It only has to fall a while and make a moment new The postman shakes his sleeve and grins A white speck on his hat The neighbour's child runs out in socks To catch one, just like that She holds her palm up to the sky It melts and she laughs loud Nobody's building snowmen here But look, we've got a crowd Snow that never settles, snow that never stays Still I'll stand here at the window like it's Christmas Day Not everything that's lovely has to last to be true It only has to fall a while and make a moment new I used to wait for deep white mornings Drifts against the door Now I'll take a little flurry Just a little more A little more The light goes grey, the flurries thin The glass is wet and clear I wipe a circle with my sleeve And the quiet settles here The kettle sings, the lamp comes on There's warmth in what was cold A tiny storm that came and went And I am glad I'm told Snow that never settles, snow that never stays Still I'll stand here at the window like it's Christmas Day Not everything that's lovely has to last to be true It only has to fall a while and make a moment new It only has to fall a while And make a moment new