Another poignant and gut-wrenching song about lost loves and how you can never go home again.
Here, the singer has gambled on flying to America to perhaps rekindle an old romance with his life's love on Christmas, who he parted with some time before. He did not arrange this with her in advance - it appears to be an impulsive visit. As he rides to his destination in a cab from the airport, he replays all the old memories and emotions that brought him there -- all bittersweet. The bitter cold and snow sets an unforgiving stage for his brave but foolhardy quest as he realizes the folly of his actions when he arrives. As the cab drives away leaving him alone with his thoughts, memories and conflict of what to do, he realizes (too late) that his lost love is no longer alone, and perhaps as he had hoped and fantasized, did not wait for him to come back to her. He realizes, too late, that even calling her would be a mistake. She has moved on, as now he realizes he must also do as he walks away alone through the snow leaving no trace, having never even let her know that he was there.
Another poignant and gut-wrenching song about lost loves and how you can never go home again.
Here, the singer has gambled on flying to America to perhaps rekindle an old romance with his life's love on Christmas, who he parted with some time before. He did not arrange this with her in advance - it appears to be an impulsive visit. As he rides to his destination in a cab from the airport, he replays all the old memories and emotions that brought him there -- all bittersweet. The bitter cold and snow sets an unforgiving stage for his brave but foolhardy quest as he realizes the folly of his actions when he arrives. As the cab drives away leaving him alone with his thoughts, memories and conflict of what to do, he realizes (too late) that his lost love is no longer alone, and perhaps as he had hoped and fantasized, did not wait for him to come back to her. He realizes, too late, that even calling her would be a mistake. She has moved on, as now he realizes he must also do as he walks away alone through the snow leaving no trace, having never even let her know that he was there.