In the neon haze, all the regulars gaze at her dancing there
They don't know her real name, they don't feel her pain, but they love to stare
When she takes a break, she sits outside and shakes flakes of snow from her hair
Like snowflakes in fire, the minutes melt away
She wants to rescue the hours before they hit the flames
Like snowflakes and fire
She goes home alone, she unplugs her phone and puts a pen to her page
The paper takes it all in, the abuse and the sin, the remorse and the rage
She seals it with a teardrop, puts it in a pine box and drives upstate in the rain
Like snowflakes in fire, the minutes melt away
She wants to rescue the hours before they hit the flames
Like snowflakes and fire
Hold her like a ghost through the frozen rain
Tangled in her hair, she's calling you again
Pull her far from here, deep into your heat
Let her touch the holes in your hands and feet
See the thin smoke rise to the frozen sky, smell the burning pine
She's sitting there below, watching flakes of snow melt in the firelight
She thinks of long ago, a past so bitter cold, and she says goodbye
Like snowflakes in fire, the minutes melt away
She wants to rescue the hours before they hit the flames
Like snowflakes and fire