I'd say you make a perfect
Angel in the snow
All crushed out on the way you are
Better stop before it goes too far
Don't you know that I love you
Sometimes I feel like only a cold still life
That fell down here to lay beside you
Don't you know that I love you
Sometimes I feel like only a cold still life
Only a frozen still life
That fell down here to lay beside you



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"Angel in the Snow" as written by Steven P. Smith

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    General Comment:i misheard it as "sometimes i feel like a cold snowflake that fell down here too late beside you" that's how i feel : (
    Flag tealeaveson August 31, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Sometimes snow is just snow: youtube.com/…
    Flag MrGoodmorningon June 06, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:en esp.....)


    Angel en la nieve

    Yo diría que tu haces un perfecto
    Angel en la nieve.
    A todos aplasta la manera en que tu eres
    Mejor para antes de sea demasiado tarde.

    ¿Tu no sabes que te amo?
    A veces me siento como
    una fría naturaleza muerta
    que cayó aquí para estar a tu lado.

    ¿Tu no sabes que te amo?
    A veces me siento como
    una fría naturaleza muerta
    una congelada naturaleza muerta
    que cayó aquí para estar a tu lado.



    (corregir cualquier error...
    xo
    Flag billygatoon August 25, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song is haunting yet peaceful. i can see how a drug addiction could relate to it, but to me its about being in love with someone who is perfect in your eyes, and they love you as well, but because of a personal setback you are afraid to go further or engage in a deeper relationship with that perfect person. in my mind the setback is a mental disorder such as depression, which would relate to the "Sometimes I feel like only a cold still life, only a frozen still life" lyric, because of the emptiness that is felt by people suffering from depression. also, in my experience, there is a natural tendency to distance yourself in relationships when suffering from depression, ("Better stop before it goes too far") because of fears that either you or the other person will be unable to handle the illness. this song does have a tone of hopeless, lost love that is beautiful yet so tragic.
    Flag smurphul23on June 18, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I'm sorry, but this song is most definitely about cocaine. I understand people's concerns about how Elliott's songs "aren't ALWAYS about drugs," but what they fail to understand is the mind of an addict, which Elliott most definitely was. What I mean by this is that the brain of an addict is always thinking about drugs. An addict loves drugs the way that normally functioning people love other people; they have a real relationship with whatever their drug of choice might be. This is why so many people here are interpreting his song as a simple love song about his feelings for a "cold woman." That is the beauty of music: no matter how it was originally written or intended, it is the interpretations of the listeners which give it its power.

    The song is about Elliott's, and thousands of others', love/hate relationship with the powdered drug: cocaine. The first verse is easily comprehended as being about the preparation for doing cocaine: "a perfect angel in the snow" refers to his girlfriend, his angel, which is in fact the "snow" itself. The second lines backs this up: "all crushed out the way you are." Cocaine is first crushed up into fine powder before being snorted or injected. "Better stop before it goes too far," only furthers the proof of what this song is truly about: cocaine overdosing comes as the result of "going too far," as the cocaine addict, once high on the drug, often has trouble controlling how much of the drug they will continue to use. Any cocaine addict will tell you that they will continue to use until either it's all gone, or until they decide to face the intense drawbacks of the depressing come down.

    I believe that the rest of the song refers to the infatuation with cocaine. "Don't you know that I love you," is obvious: he loves the drug, but he wonders at times if it knows this, or if it even loves him back (which it doesn't). He loves this drug, he feels like he was a "cold still life that fell down here to lay beside" it. He's a cold human being, he cares about very little, he's often depressed (as is the primary indication of a coming down cocaine user), but despite these things, he still loves the drug, and he feels he was meant to be with it, no matter how cold and still its made him.

    And that verse repeats itself, such is the way of the addict's love for cocaine.
    Flag FoximusMaximuson May 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Also, it's used in the film "Up in the Air".
    Flag MrGoodmorningon December 08, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:He had so much love in his heart. It came out in some of his work, like this song.
    Flag MrGoodmorningon December 08, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:loooove loveity love. another reminder of smith's brilliance
    Flag myhomeistheseaon November 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Don't you know that I love you?

    Elliott's voice sounds so innocent and haunting at the same time, almost as though he's pleading/wanting.
    Flag sciolismon August 07, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This is such a beautiful song. Smith had a profound understanding of songwriting. If you're in high school and you want a girl to like you, burn her an Elliott Smith CD.
    Flag built2spill94on May 22, 2009   Link

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