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Fallen Snow

by Daniel Snowden

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This song was written at Holden Village in the winter of 2015 shortly after being made homeless by King County Family Court. Finding hope in the shadow of trauma, abuse and injustice was extremely difficult, but profoundly liberating. The photo is of one of the early mornings that inspired this song.

Some experiences in life are difficult to put words to. As I attempt to describe the freedom I have found and continue to find, no words quite "speak" it. It seems that as soon as the words hit the page, I find something in me has already grown for having written it. Something of my soul shifts and sees it differently. The hope I hold for my life and the people in it broadens with each moment. This freedom is beautiful. The flexibility to move freely as myself each day is a gift, yet it is not without a cost.

Freedom is acknowledging the full breadth of what is true of my experience. I mean a freedom that holds immense loss and intense laughter in the same moment and doesn’t leave. The temptation is to hold life like a eulogy where I am careful not to tell the whole story about someone; in my life that someone is me. That’s not freedom. It’s a half-life. It’s a way of becoming less, succumbing to my own imprisonment and willfully dying.

To love my life is to step forward into unknowns constantly. Becoming my truest self is to embrace and work with all of a moment, all at once, no matter its contents - and when I don't, to embrace that truth as well.

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Lyrics: Fallen Snow

In the darkness, I wander alone
Out in these fields, among the fallen snow
Am I wasting away and falling down again?
…I never know, until I begin


Maybe this time, I’ll find a way to begin
Out in the footsteps of all that’s signaling the end.
On this winter’s morn, I hold this hope, too cold.
…I set it down and pick it up once more

Ooooo, oooo…

I’ll live for what this moment holds
Like sun reflecting over fallen snow
I held this voice inside for far too long
Now every moment breaks in- to song…

Ooooo, oooo…

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released March 2, 2015
Thanks to Holden Village for the space to write.

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Daniel Snowden Seattle, Washington

Following his extensive prenatal exposure to 60s Rock’n’Roll, Daniel was born a poet in his pre-verbal head before learning language. His young, compulsive love for writing and poetry found their way into music at age 17. Daniel’s songs find meaningful balance between fallin’ down and gettin’ back up; tying soul-filled melody together with poetic imagery in hopes of capturing the unexpected. ... more

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