The other thing I realized is that Windham's version of Wake Me Up sounds a lot more like the real version than the Red Hot Chili Peppers song does. I wonder what the reason for this is. The real version of Snow (Hey Oh) is slightly faster and has a more complex guitar line. BTW the real version has lyrics that may relate to skiing in it (but it probably doesn't mean that).
Finally divided by a word so undecided and there's nowhere to go;
In between the cover of another perfect wonder and it's so white as snow,
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed and there's nowhere to go.
They are talking about tracks and snow. Sounds like it could be skiing to me (once again, probably isn't though).
I've lived in New York my entire life.