The air is colder now,
but I still walk the same old streets.
Every leaf that hits the ground
whispers softly where you used to be.
And I tell myself I'm fine,
but the wind still sounds like your sigh.
Before the first snow falls,
I'll let your name fade with the dawn.
Before the winter calls,
I'll send my heart where you've gone.
Just once more, before it's all gone —
Before the first snow falls.
Our laughter lingers in the air,
like smoke that won't disappear.
Every corner of this town
still remembers you were here.
I try to leave it all behind,
but love is slow to die.
Before the first snow falls,
I'll let your shadow go with the wind.
Before the cold takes all,
I'll forgive what might have been.
Just once more, I'll breathe you in —
Before the first snow falls.
If I see you again someday,
under skies of white and gray,
maybe then I'll finally say,
I loved you — but I let you stay.
Before the first snow falls,
I'll let our story rest in peace.
Before the world turns still,
I'll keep what I can't release.
Just once more, before it's all gone —
Before the first snow falls.
