We walked through the park in December

Your hand in my coat pocket, remember?

The trees were all stripped down and honest

Like us, making temporary promises

Each step left a mark in the white

Two sets of prints proving we were right

Or were we just proving we were there?

Breath hanging like questions in the air

Footprints in the snow

Tell me what they know

About the way we used to be

Before the thaw, before the spring

When everything was crystalline

And we believed in pretty things

Footprints in the snow

Where do they go?

You said winter makes you feel alive

I said winter makes me want to hide

But we kept walking anyway, didn't we?

Playing at forever, playing at certainty

Now I retrace that choreography

Our little dance of intimacy

The pattern's still there if I squint

But the impression's just a dent, just a hint

Footprints in the snow

Tell me what they know

About the way we used to be

Before the thaw, before the spring

When everything was crystalline

And we believed in pretty things

Footprints in the snow

Where do they go?

I could walk this path forever

Preserving the weather

Refusing the sun

Pretending we're not done

But even frozen things surrender

(Surrender, surrender)

Footprints in the snow

They already know

What we couldn't admit back then

That even perfect moments end

That pristine things don't stay pristine

That beautiful is just a scene

Footprints in the snow

Now I let them go

Let them go

Let them go