As the first song of the album, “The Last Snowfall” opens with the sounds of a needle on a vinyl album. This is somewhat of a musical cliché, but it is soon revealed that the pops and crackles are being used as the percussion track throughout the song.
The song is written in the unusual 5/4 time.
If this were the last snowfall
No more halos on evergreens
If this were my last glimpse of winter
What would these eyes see?
If this were the last slow curling
Of your fingers in my palm
If this were the last I felt you breathing
How would I carry on?
This is not the last snowfall
Not our last embrace
But if I were that kind of grateful
What would I try to say?