The Drifting Snow Lyrics

The Drifting Snow lyrics

The snow drifted down upon long barren hills



Painting the frozen land an ethereal white



Among the graves we danced slowly in the night



As fruitless trees swayed in the burning cold wind



Like the diamonds hidden along the earth that day



She was nothing more than a shade, a delicate shadow



I kissed her scarlet lips as if for the first time



I drank deep her essence warm and inviting



I gazed forever into her dark eyes



And I caressed her beautiful pale face







In the dark stillness she rested in thy loving arms



Though I wished her to stay I knew the dawn was waiting



For us the sun arrives without welcome







I have seen the glory of the gray dawn



Awash in the black tears as the snow drifts down



These winter days of cold are the misery I die upon



For I have known the lovelorn life, of which I wear



that broken crown of scorn and mockery



I have known truth in hate







Love wears thin our pride and bitter is the taste



Of life and death we dance for our souls to find







For time consumes the hearts of man



And beckons the call of death's sweet kiss



The days are soon departed as loved ones long ago







There is no joy in the sadness







I had seen the sad farewell in her black eyes



Yet I held her closer still under the scarlet moonlight



I had seen the sad farewell through the gray clouds afar



As they stole away the night and out exquisite sorrow



In that eternal silent moment I knew the death of dreams



As she fell from thy arms I had seen the end of all hope



I have lost all