A collaboration between Casson and LCB Photography, lyrics & photographs, Twitter and Instagram.
Beautiful images lend a context for original lyrics, and form a trail to hear the song.
About SNOW...
Written for The Happy Prince, during a snowfall, in this recording Casson sings, accompanied John Jansson at the piano.
Follow the
next trail
Snow
At my feet
And all I can think about are snowball fights
toboggan rides
skating rinks and hillside slides
and snowmen smiling
tall and wide
White rain
Drifting like dark smuts from the sky
Floating by
And white as lilies where they lie
In layers like fluffy feathers in a paradisal dream
Beware of earthly beauties
Things aren't always what they seem
So lovely and luminous
And threatening and dangerous
It's snow
Whilst wind sharply whips my cheeks
And frost nips my ears and creeps within
Shivering
Veils the land
Freezing life that rests below
And all I can think about are warming soups in steaming mugs
huddling up in cosy rugs
and hot rum punch in sturdy jugs
It's chill
Velvet flakes,
melt into daggers on my back Toes feel numb
Lips begin to dry and crack, when
So lovely and luminous
And threatening and dangerous
It's snow
Snowball fights
Hot rum punch
And winds that blow
You may think of skating rinks,
Warming fires,
Steaming drinks
But all I can think about are
lagging pipes and balding tyres
folks snowed up n northern shires
and those for whom the snow inspires
Despair
Postcard scenes
Masking the threat thats always there
In thin air
Frozen fingers pinch beware!
Bewitched by rosy children on toboggans in the snow
It's easy to forget the silent enemy below
Enchanter and sorceress
A witch in an angel dress of snow