Snowflake Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ninerrl 

Cover art for Snowflake lyrics by Kate Bush

What a fantastic journey this song details. From his birth in the cloud, the snowflake is searching for his mother. From the mother's perspective, she sings softly back to him, "keep falling, I'll find you." Among all the snow, she'll find him. That is her repeated promise throughout the song.

So many layers possible with this evocative song! Since it's Bertie and Kate singing to one another, it could be a metaphor for his growing up.

It could also be mother Earth singing to her tiny creation as it left the cloud and headed to earth.

There could be others. I get lost in the beauty of it all to think beyond those two images.