Winter

Well, I dreamed that I was running

Through a wilderness of plenty

And I could hear the hunt behind me

Getting closer, getting closer

And I knew that the end was coming

And I wished that it was over

Bring me the snowfall

Bring me the cold wind

Bring me the winter

Now, the mercury keeps rising

Like the sap in the blood in the oceans

And the asphalt ache is melting

In a fetid air of poison

And I could hear the soldiers coming

And I wished that it was over

Bring me the snowfall

Bring me the cold wind

Bring me the winter

I felt them tugging at my shoulder

To come and join in the celebrations

To mark the triumph of the Emperor

The all-conquering, everlasting summer

And the streets were awash with the blood of the innocents

Sacrificed to slaughter

And the crowds all drunk with power and madness

As the noise grew ever louder

And I could hear the knives being sharpened

And I wished that it was over

Bring me the snowfall

Bring me the cold wind

Bring me the snowfall

Bring me the winter

Let all the sins of the past

Be buried in the frozen ground

Let the last of the vengeance fires die

And black we'll fly and hide

Across the dead end trees

Disappear into the wild

So let the weary land be rested

And the killing season be over

Let the shadows stretch forever

In a light of burnished silver

For I fear the age of consequence

And I wish that it was over

Yes, I fear the age of consequence

And I wish that it was over

Yes, I fear the age of consequence

And I wish that it was over

Bring me the snowfall

Bring me the cold wind

Bring me the snowfall

Bring me the cold wind