Freedom of the Snow

Lyrics

[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