Boy In The Snow - A Charity Download

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Please watch promo video above for a bit of background to the charities I am raising money for and the song 'Boy In The Snow.'

'Boy In The Snow' is a charity single release which raises money for Teenage Cancer Trust and Anthony Nolan Trust, exclusively via downloads on this website. Please download 'Boy In The Snow' TODAY! It is a living, breathing, musical fundraiser that costs just £2 but crucially has no cap, so please help me on my quest by buying the song and listening to it as much as possible!

'Boy In The Snow' - A brief history

In July 2015, a close friend of mine sadly passed away from Leukaemia related problems after a six month battle, aged just 29.

A year or so after this, I discovered a pile of scuzzy kodak photos, which told the tale of a trip we had made to Paris, and I was flooded with happy memories. I felt fortunate that I had actually known him and shared these and other amazing experiences with him. So, if I was going to remember him in any way, it was going to be like this; in celebration.

The clearest image I had was of him standing alone in the snow, hunched in his coat (a little drunk) and lit up in the flash of the camera on a snowy Parisian backdrop. I used this photo of him, taken at midnight on the streets of Paris, as my stepping off point for the song.

'Boy In The Snow' does what these photos are meant to do, frame a moment, however poorly or messy that may be. Hopefully this song, captures a little of the magic of life we all feel at these happy times, and can go some way to ensuring other young people have the opportunity to live life with complete happiness and freedom as he did.

In loving memory.

Tim

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Boy In The Snow - Lyrics

We put our lives on hold
Walked out in winter's gold
You hunch your shoulders in your coat
The January sun
Lights up the continent
And through the lens this effigy
Forever you become the boy in the snow
Staring back and me
Staring back at you

In parks and through arcades
Stairways and balustrades
My memories never fade
I still recall like yesterday
I traced our steps for clues
I wish they'd lead me back to you
But they never do

And how would I know that all in a flash of light caught at midnight
The boy in the snow hid in plain sight by my bedside

The boy in the snow
Staring back at me
Staring back at you

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released February 12, 2021

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'Boy In The Snow' raises money directly through downloads and online streams, for Teenage Cancer Trust and The Anthony Nolan Foundation. Download it today via the link and keep sharing.

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