Listen The Snow Is Falling
Yoko Ono Lyrics


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Listen, the snow is falling o'er town,
Listen the snow is falling ev'rywhere.
Between empire state building
And between trafalgar square.
Listen, the snow is falling o'er town.

Listen, the snow is falling o'er town,
Listen the snow is falling ev'rywhere.
Between your bed and mine,
Between your head and my mind.
Listen, the snow is falling o'er town.

Between tokyo and paris,
Between london and dallas,
Between your love and mine.
Listen, the snow is falling ev'rywhere.

Snowfling, snowfall, snowfall,
Listen, listen,




Listen, baby,
Listen.

Overall Meaning

Yoko Ono's song "Listen The Snow Is Falling" is a dreamy, ethereal song about the serene beauty of snowfall. The song begins with the repeated line "Listen, the snow is falling o'er town" which sets the scene of a quiet, peaceful winter scene. As the song progresses, Yoko sings about the snow falling "Between empire state building/And between trafalgar square" highlighting how snowfall blankets even the busiest, bustling cities and bringing a hush to the chaos.


The next verse brings the listener back to a more intimate setting as Yoko sings about the snow falling "Between your bed and mine,/Between your head and my mind". Here, the snow is a metaphor for the space between two lovers or the chasm between two minds, suggesting that snowfall can act as a unifying force or a symbol of bringing people together.


Line by Line Meaning

Listen, the snow is falling o'er town,
Take heed, the snow is descending throughout the city,


Listen the snow is falling ev'rywhere.
Perceive that the snow conveys across all places.


Between empire state building
Amidst the Empire State Building is situated a gap,


And between trafalgar square.
And betwixt Trafalgar Square stays empty space.


Listen, the snow is falling o'er town.
Pay attention, snow is descending throughout the city.


Between your bed and mine,
Amidst your bed and mine,


Between your head and my mind.
Amidst your head and my thoughts.


Listen, the snow is falling o'er town.
Pay attention, snow is descending throughout the city.


Between tokyo and paris,
Betwixt Tokyo and Paris,


Between london and dallas,
Across London and Dallas,


Between your love and mine.
Betwixt your love and my love.


Listen, the snow is falling ev'rywhere.
Take heed, snow is descending throughout every place.


Snowfling, snowfall, snowfall,
Snowflakes tumbling out of the sky,


Listen, listen,
Pay attention, pay attention,


Listen, baby,
Harken, my love,


Listen.
Take heed.




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rory mckeag

You can't top Yoko. It's like a walk in the snowfall with your lover. Wonderful time. Listen to time passing. I'm old now but used to love singing to my friends. Like laughing and crying. Peace

Nox uinddau

She's awful...

jimi27

@Nox uinddau Open up ...

Kurt Smith

beg to differ, Galaxie 500's version topped it

wildHelena1

This song was my first zen experience many years before I knew what zen was

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perry anderson

Yoko Ono wasn't always my cup of tea artistically but this is such a beautiful song full of feeling. Thanks YO for this :-)

Christopher Smith

Superb. Wish she never was criticized so harshly and blamed for many things. Her art/music is amazing. Check her out.

Bee Whistler

I’m finally starting to “get” her vibe. Yeah, she does some weird, pretentios and even downright bad sounding stuff. But I’m coming to realize that she has stuff like this in her and if she decides to make fly noises or guttural grunts in other things, she knows how it sounds to us and is going for the response. The response isn’t always supposed to be happy, and she doesn’t waste her breath explaining. And if I don’t like what I’m hearing I don’t have to listen.

So basically I’ve learned that she knows exactly what she’s doing and might even just be trolling people at least some of the time. Anyone whose personality appealed to John Lennon has to have that side to them. I dunno how she is as a person, but as an artist she does as she pleases. And she gets a bad rap for breaking up the Beatles. They did that themselves.

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MARCOS

So beautiful this song ♥️🙌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Glenn Wheatcroft

Not a fan at all but this is a beautiful tune. Yoko sings this very well indeed and the arrangement is sweet. When I'm not feeling good this gives me hope and relief.

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