U2 - White As Snow Lyrics

Where I came from there were no hills at all
The land was flat, the highway straight and wide
My brother and I would drive for hours
Like we had 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 where forgiveness is not
Only the lamb as white as snow

And the water, it was icy as it washed over me
And the moon shine above me

Now this dry ground, it bears no fruit at all
Only poppies laugh under the crescent moon
The road refuses strangers, the land, the seeds we sow
Where might we find the lamb as white as snow

As boys we would go hunting in the woods
To sleep the night shooting 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

• Suria Willsmith

  thank u guys!

• Anonymous

  This is a genuinely moving, worshipful, and worship-filled, song. Bono and U2 have once again succeeded in working into a beautiful song, a vision of God's Truth. The tune that is incorporated here is the ancient hymn, "O Come, O Come Emmannuel", and as the music gently plays, Bono brings tears to the listners' eyes by illustrating a central tenet of Faith. This is Faith with all capital letters, the faith that only the Lamb as White as Snow can forgive. Bono is singing about the faith of a soldier who is dying in Afghanistan, remembering his past life at home, even alluding to his baptism. In listening again to this poignant song, I am reminded of another hymn, "What Can Wash Away My Sin? (Nothing but the Blood of Jesus". Bono knows that only the Lamb can wash away our sins, and we can be White as Snow.