This song started when I was playing the keyboard and thinking about Psalm 51 and its expression of confession and the need for spiritual cleansing. The place I was sitting looked out a window at ground that happened to be covered in snow from a recent storm. Things then magically aligned where the snow I was looking at fit with the psalm’s words, “wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” I then worked snow into my lyrics and came up with draft words for the rest of the song too. Later on, I ended up rewriting most of the lyrics, but I kept the part about snow, and some of the other final lyrics are drawn from this psalm as well.

Another thing to note is, I originally wrote a bridge I liked, but it was really high to sing. I recorded vocals for it multiple times, but things weren’t working, so I decided to try slightly modifying the bridge. That didn’t work either though, so I then decided to scrap the bridge and start over. I wasn’t sure where things would go and I experimented with a lot of ideas; eventually though, I put together a new bridge and I appreciated where I ended up as well as the journey that brought me there.