Where I grew up there were no hills at all The land was flat, the highway straight and wide My brother and I, we'd drive for hours, like we'd years instead of days Our faces as pale as the dirty snow Once I knew there was a love divine Then came a time I thought it knew me not Who can forgive forgiveness when forgiveness is not? Only the land as white as snow And the water it was icy As it washed over me And the moon shined above me Now this dry ground it bears no fruit at all Only ... laugh under a crescent moon The road refuses strangers The land, the seeds we sow Where might we find a land as white as snow? As boys we would go hunting in the wood To sleep, the night shun out the stars Now the wolves are every passing stranger Every face we cannot know If only a heart could be as white as snow If only a heart could be as white as snow