Freedom of the Snow
[Verse 1]
We were twenty pampered maidens under dormitory glass
Gossiping about boyfriends, dates and clothes
We glanced through the tasteful windows at the growing storm outside
And never once took measure of the snows
Long past the time of night
We found no morning light
Blizzard covered all the world we'd known
Beyond all reach of law
We looked around and saw
The ice age come to find us all alone
[Chorus]
Cancel my salvation, Give me leave to go
Back to the freedom of the snow, of the snow
Back to the freedom of the snow
[Verse 2]
As darkness, cold, and blizzard closed around our cringing cave
We wore our furs for better things than show
We melted snow for water while the pipes and the fuel lines froze
And thanked the gods for the stores of food below
The furnace coughed and died
We lit the fire and cried
We didn't have the wood to last a day
So we played a hand or three
And the high card fell on me
So I took an axe and went to find a way
[Chorus]
Cancel my salvation, Give me leave to go
Back to the freedom of the snow, of the snow
Back to the freedom of the snow
[Verse 3]
I found the tree blown over where the highway used to be
And the axe flew swift and easy as a flame
I wasn't cold or weary, It was strange to be so free
Then out of the dark that junkie came
He didn't seem to know I was a changeling of the snow
Not the easy, peacetime girl he thought he'd found
The axe swung clean and high
And it caught him through the eye
And I took my wood and left him on the ground
[Chorus]
Cancel my salvation, Give me leave to go
Back to the freedom of the snow, of the snow
Back to the freedom of the snow
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 4]
We dreamed about this story as we camped beside the fire
We sang it while we hunted through the day
Until the hour our sentries saw the snowplow clear the road
And our families came to chase the spell away
So go back to your shopping mall, go find yourself a man
Go forget that you were ever strong or free
But in dreams I see them still
The blizzard on the hill
The fireplace and the fireaxe and the tree
[Chorus]
Cancel my salvation, Give me leave to go
Back to the freedom of the snow, of the snow
Back to the freedom of the snow