[Verse 1]
Pale are the snowflakes that fall for us
There's one tiny shoe outside in the corridor
Pale are the peonies you grew, my love
The color of your skin
Pale and paper thin
Will you have the courage of your tenderness?
When the wolf is at your door?
Your child against your breast?
Don't tell me that you'll change
Tell me again
[Outro]
And they always get away
It never works out for me
It never happens to me
It never happens to me
It never happens to me
Pale Snow was written by Brett Anderson & Richard Oakes & Neil Codling.
Pale Snow was produced by Ed Buller.
Brett Anderson, in a 2016 interview
“Pale Snow” is a weird one because I am genuinely fond of it. It came about in a strange way, by putting two bits of different songs together. It was a happy accident but it just kind of worked… It’s not the sort of song that you’d sit down with a guitar and a pi...