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
And now the mercury keeps rising, l
Ike the sap and the blood and the oceans
And the asphalt acres melting
In the fetid air of poison
And I can hear the soldiers coming
And I wish 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

The crowds all drunk on 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 winter

Let all the sins of the past be buried in the frozen ground
Let the last of the vengeance fires die
The back wings flying high above the skeleton trees
Disappear into the white
So let the weary land be rested
And the killing season over
Let the shadows stretch forever in the light of burnished silver
For I fear the age of consequence

And I wish that it was over
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 winter