Two Figures In The Snow

When I was just six years old
My mother left me by my own
For a day, or maybe three
It's my longest memory
Of all the things that we might be
The sum and parts is what we leave
So if you ask me what I am
I shall only show my hand

When I was a little boy
My father never brought me toys
My father only brought me blood
But in the end, blood's not enough
I know this is a lonely road
Eleven thousand miles of cold
To trap the heart and choke it dead
Eleven thousand miles they said
(Eleven thousand miles they said)

But oh, my darling, don't you fear
I will always keep you near
Ain't the winter chills us so?
I will never let you go
Oh, my darling, you will see
This is what you mean to me
More than riches, more than gold
More than can be bought or sold

And all mine is a simple prayer
I cast into the midnight air
A year's enough to watch you grow
A year's enough so you shall know
Oh, this is a lonely road
But onwards, onwards we must go
And yours the gift to raise the dead
Never burn a ghost inside your head
Never burn a ghost inside your head

Oh, my darling, don't you fear
I will always be right here
Ain't the winter take my soul
I will never let you go
Oh, my darling, you will see
Everything you mean to me
More than riches, more than gold
More than can be bought or sold

When I was just six years old
My mother left me by my own
But oh, my darling, don't you fear
I will always keep you near