And when they found you on your back All cradled in the snow You looked as though you could sleep forever
When they found you on your back All grinning in the cold And skin so dry Stained with glue and wine
In the neighbourhood where you were raised And you wasted all those days Body deep in snowy banks
A Christmas met by holly of the night Foggy eyes wide and alive Watching snowflakes sheath the sky
And when they found you on your back Lips cracking in the sun Marks of the night that took your life
And when they found you on your back Alone out in the cold Limbs stretched to show An angel formed below
When the holiday is over at last Like so many others past Now resides alone But without your winter As the angel melts away And you circle round the sleigh And this desperateness to stay No more holiday