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The song 「雪が降る」 by アダモ goes --> ♪♪ 雪は降る あなたは来ない ... ♪♪

  1. Is there a good explanation for the difference between the title and how the song begins? -- 雪が vs. 雪は ...   
  

  2. Are the following alternative words better or worse?
```     The song starting as -->  ♪♪   雪が降る あなたは来ない ... ♪♪

    
```

  

Related: [Use は or が with ある when the phrase doesn't explicit the
place](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/39180/use-%e3%81%af-
or-%e3%81%8c-with-%e3%81%82%e3%82%8b-when-the-phrase-doesnt-explicit-the-
place)

One obvious relationship is this :

By applying naruto's excellent summary, the following explanation is possible.

「雪が ... 」 in the title introduces the subject (snow) for the 1st time (e.g.,
"a boy"), and when it is mentioned the 2nd time, it should be "the snow"

雪は降る == The snow (that we are talking about) is falling. [thematic]

```

              There could be a new tag [ particle-がvs.は ]
                       -->   Thanks, oals, i just added it.
    
```
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The song 「雪が降る」 by アダモ goes --> ♪♪ 雪は降る あなたは来ない ... ♪♪
When someone wants to put two things as **comparison** in Japanese, they will
say **Aは...Bは...。** So in this song, it will be better to use **は...は...。** I
think maybe it can mean - Even the snow is already falling, **_but_** you
still do not show up. To emphasize the feeling of disappointment.
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The particle「が」is used in a lot of contexts to explain a characteristic of
something. In the song title, it is simply attaching a behavior to a subject,
so, in a general sense:

```

    *snow* --> "fall" [action]
    
```

The song title conveys: this _thing_ (snow) does _thing_ (fall). No additional
or deeper meaning can be extracted of this sentence.

In the lyrics part, the story is totally different. When the author uses
「は」there, it is (in addition to stating the action that the subject is doing:
_to fall_ ), giving you a notion of **sequential actions** , essentially:
**the passing of time**. That nuance gives the sentence a deeper, sadder
meaning:

```

    Snow *keeps falling (and falling, ...)* and you still (don't/won't) come.
    
```

It could even be interpreted as "She'll never come back", but that's just a
personal interpretation (I don't know the song / know the rest of the lyrics).
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