Snowblind (song)

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## Snowblind

### Length

5:48
5:33 (piano cover; approx.)

### Artist(s)

Au5
Tasha Baxter (featured)
Jonah Wei-Haas (piano cover)
Aloma Steele (featured; piano cover)

### Episode

*Prologue* (referenced)
*Meeting Winter* (referenced)
*Stalker* (referenced)
*Ex-Girlfriend* (referenced)
*Birth of Snowlight* (referenced)
*Snowblind*
*Dance of a Thousand Eyes* (referenced)

### Series

*The Adventures of Evie and Mya* (referenced)
*Winter's Tales*

***Snowblind*** is a hands up/brostep song by American electronic musician Au5, featuring vocals from South African singer and songwriter Tasha Baxter. It was released on August 29th, 2014 to Canadian music record label Monstercat and is featured on compilation albums *Monstercat 019 - Endeavour*, *Monstercat - Best of 2014*, and *Monstercat - Best of Dubstep*.

On December 1st, 2014, American pianist Jonah Wei-Haas released a piano cover of the song, featuring the vocals of Canadian singer and songwriter Aloma Steele.

## Episode Appearances

*Snowblind* is referenced commonly throughout Season 1 and is also referenced in the *Winter's Tales* chapter *Birth of Snowlight*. Nine chapters later, a snippet of the original *Snowblind* appears in the chapter of the same name as Winter flees in a panic from Lars and his clique. In the next scene, the piano cover plays in full as Winter struggles to cope with the bullying and falls into a depression. The song is briefly alluded to in *Dance of a Thousand Eyes* as well.

## Lyrics

### Original

I'm running away from my past I left behind

I'm looking for answers, but I'm blinded by the light

I'm lost in the music

Can I stay here for the night?

I promise I'll be gone in the morning

Out of sight and out of mind

Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

Just for tonight, let your thoughts be free

Just for tonight, won't you come with me?

Just for tonight, let the lines get blurred

Just for tonight

Ooh, Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

Just for tonight, come with me

Blindly

You know when you keep running

But your legs are standing still?

It's like you're stuck in a nightmare

But you keep doing it for the thrill

Well this is reality, you only live it once

So wake up from your dream

But just for tonight, let the lines get blurred

Let your thoughts be free

(Let your thoughts be free)

Just for tonight, let your thoughts be free

Just for tonight, won't you come with me?

Just for tonight, let the lines get blurred

Just for tonight

Ooh, Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

### Piano Cover

I'm running away from the past I left behind

I'm looking for answers, but I'm blinded by the light

I'm lost in the music

Can I stay here for the night?

I promise I'll be gone in the morning

Out of sight and out of mind

Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

Just for tonight, let your thoughts be free

Just for tonight, won't you come with me?

Just for tonight, let the lines get blurred

Just for tonight

Ooh, Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

Just for tonight, come with me

Blindly

You know when you keep running

But your legs are standing still?

It's like you're stuck in a nightmare

But you keep doing it for the thrill

Well this is reality, you only live it once

So wake up from your dreams

But just for tonight, let the lines get blurred

Let your thoughts be free

(Let your thoughts be free)

Just for tonight, let your thoughts be free

Just for tonight, won't you come with me?

Just for tonight, let the lines get blurred

Just for tonight

Ooh, Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

Snowblind

Out of sight and out of mind

## Trivia

* *Snowblind* is Av's third-favorite Monstercat song of all time and one of her favorite songs overall. It was original a sleeper song to her, as it rose to her top 25, and later her top 3 altogether, in the course of a year.
* *Snowblind*, alongside *Jumpsuit* and *Just A Dream*, is one of Winter's most influential theme songs to date. Av fell in love with the song when she realized it fit Winter "alarmingly well," subsequently making it one of her themes. This proved to be a successful decision, and soon, Winter's entire character became twined with the song's lyrics.
* The song spawned the cruel name Winter was bullied with at school. When rewriting Season 1, Av wanted to raise the stakes higher for Winter and make her far more of a complex character, and more than somebody who was just elusive, which *Snowblind* rectified considerably.
* According to Av, *Snowblind* is one of the most influential *Evie and Mya* songs to date.
* *Snowblind* is written in the context of "snow blindness," a condition where sunlight reflects off snow and causes temporary blindness. The song, in general, is viewed as a metaphor to a one night, loveless relationship.
* *Snowblind* inspired much of Winter's character, as noted, notably her elusiveness, belief that she lives in a dream, desire to run away from her past and everything that haunts her, and the thrill she gets from living the way she does.
* Tasha Baxter herself is aware of the influence *Snowblind* and *Just A Dream* have had on Winter, and she has formally acknowledged how much she has influenced Winter's character development with her music.