Footprints

Story Behind The Song

Inspired by looking out over a blank snowy landscape. Summed up in the line "the steps of snow will melt away, but there's some ice that will never fade." "I said I'm okay, I'm with you today."

Song Description

Heartfelt story looking back over life. Acoustic with soft voice, fingerpicking, instrumental solo, descriptive of snow, footprints, and winter. Instrumental interlude, bedding. Like Stevie Nicks singing Landslide. "The steps of snow will melt away, but there's some ice that will never fade." Talking to someone passed about the temporary beauty but cold of a winter-scape. Choruses repetitive and heartbreaking, verses storied with winter imagery.

Song Length 4:14 Genre Folk - General, Pop - Lullaby
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Still, Moving Subject Numbness, Snow
Similar Artists Stevie Nicks, Iron and Wine Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

check out these new boots I wear
they're a little more than a dollar a pair
they have much for you if you seek
it's about the years they spent outside
walking though the snow and ice outside
nothing matter how long they don't care
See I want to buy new shoes
but they've walked through black and blue
and they don't fit any other feet
their footprints are to me
beneath the snowy earth and sea
like the years we seek they're pieces of me

I said I'm alright
said I'm ok
I said I'm alright
I'm with you today

back to the story you say

check out these footprints I've laid
like the steps of snow they'll melt away
but there's some ice that may never fade
like the faces of the holy grail
all the love and hate and pain exhaled
someday it might wash all away
I won't cause it today
I won't cause it today
today is for watching snowflakes fall on their way
I'm saving this moment in time
saving for another time
when somehow it's a better place

I said I'm alright
said I'm ok
I said I'm alright
I'm with you today

Lyrics Christopher Battles Music Christopher Battles
Producer Stefan Held Publisher Kobor Road Publishing
Performance Christopher Battles Label Steven Hero Productions

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