Lyrics

The lamp is burnin’ low upon my tabletop
The snow is softly fallin’
The air is still within the silence of my room
I hear your voice softly callin’
If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winters night with you

The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
My glass is almost empty
I read again between the lines upon each page
The words of love you sent me
If I could know within my heart
That you were lonely too
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winters night with you

The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim
The shades of night are liftin’
The mornin’ light steals across my window pane
Where webs of snow are driftin’
If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love

Upon this winters night with you
And to be once again with you

 

Appears on

Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff (1996)
Wintersong (2006)

 

Versions

Album Version
from “Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff”
Track length: 3:40

 

Compilations

Credits

Vocals: Sarah McLachlan
Keyboards: Pierre Marchand
Guitar: Luke Doucet
Bass: Brian Minato
Keyboards: David Kershaw
Guitar: David Sinclair
Percussion: Ash Sood

 

Collaborations

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Trivia/Notes

– Sarah’s version of this song was in 1996 used for an episode of Due South.

 

Sarah says

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Video

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