Winter Was You
Track 7 of Snow Angel
[ Lyrics ]
Cold came back, but I still glow. L.A. light hits different now, flat and low, no edge, familiar streets feel like a stage I left behind a pledge. My coat’s still hung by the door, but the fur don’t thrill, I keep one glove in my drawer—wore it the night I felt still. You weren’t a dream, but you moved like one, quiet laugh in the dark, heat beneath the snow’s hum. I don’t check my phone for your name, but I play that week on loop in my veins. Silence here speaks in monotone, while the Alps played symphonies in bone. You didn’t promise, you didn’t lie— you just gave me a sky I can’t trade for the sky. Winter was you, just for a while, champagne steam, crooked smile. Everything felt sharp, everything real— winter was you, and I was yours to feel. Yeah, winter was you, not a place or a show— I came back warm, and the cold knows. No ring, no claim, no loose ends tied, just a name whispered once as the stars aligned. My bed’s too wide, but it’s mine to keep, I wear your silence like a promise I sleep. Saw a photo in a magazine— Alpine lights, old world scene. I smiled quiet, didn’t blink, didn’t scroll, ’cause I’ve stood where the world felt small and slow. Don’t send a text, don’t reach through time, I don’t miss you—I miss the climb. The air so thin, the touch so true, winter wasn’t long, but it rewrote who. You were fleeting, but you stayed— not in my room, but in the way I now move through room, light, and air, like I’ve known heaven and chose to return there. Winter was you, just for a while, champagne steam, crooked smile. Everything felt sharp, everything real— winter was you, and I was yours to feel. Yeah, winter was you, not a place or a show— I came back warm, and the cold knows.