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I was following the, I was following the
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from falling in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red
As strawberries in the summertime
I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from falling in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red
As strawberries in the summertime
I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from falling in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red
As strawberries in summertime
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from falling in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red
As strawberries in the summertime
I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from falling in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red
As strawberries in the summertime
I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from falling in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red
As strawberries in summertime
Lyrics submitted by brasky09, edited by peyton1085, Jake2825, Catzzz
White Winter Hymnal Lyrics as written by Robin Noel Pecknold
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Like most it was as if the "scarfs of red tied round their throats" were there to keep "their little heads from falling in the snow". But that is not true. Removing the line "With scarves of red tied 'round their throats" we get this:
"I was following the pack all swallowed in their coats To keep their little heads From falling in the snow"
So, this guy was following the pack (children) all swallowed up in their coats, because mummy and daddy did not want you to get sick they pulled up the zippers too high. The scarfs were tied around their throats as if they were choking, again with the same reason that mummy and daddy were trying too hard to protect their children from the cold.
But although the parents thought they were in good hands and they would not get cold or sick because their jackets were closed up tight and their scarfs too, the guy turned around and did not see Michael playing to wild and fell off of the whatever they were riding on. Maybe a sledge with horses, falling in the snow, and the sledge riding on his head, with Michael then bleeding to death in the snow.
Of course, this song has no deeper meaning, but this means more that Fleet Foxes did not want to tell a story about their youth or something. It's just a little story about a guy not paying attention and the contradiction of parents protection their children from the cold too much, still one falls and dies in the snow because of an accident jackets and scarfs could never prevent. This contradiction also sounds through the sound of the music, for it being very cheerful, while the story isn't.
So yes, it's a story. A cruel story. But no deeper meaning. Just the feeling you get when you listen to it. Therefor this is one of the best of the Fleet Foxes.