"White as snow" - that's not blonde, that's grey. A much older woman, maybe his mother? True, it's not very nice to leave your old ma in a burning hotel. But then, it's not nice to run over a blind pencil seller's dog! I think the bloke in the song is just a tad self-centred - the world can go to hell while he fixes his thoughts on the woman waiting for him.
"White as snow" - that's not blonde, that's grey. A much older woman, maybe his mother? True, it's not very nice to leave your old ma in a burning hotel. But then, it's not nice to run over a blind pencil seller's dog! I think the bloke in the song is just a tad self-centred - the world can go to hell while he fixes his thoughts on the woman waiting for him.