To Someone From A Warm Climate (Uiscefhuaraithe)

A joy hard-learned in winter was the warming of the bed

You'd shake for minutes there and move your legs

Wrap the blanket over you and keep your head within

Let your breath heat the air until you'd feel it getting thin

'Uiscefhuaraithe'

The feel of coldness only water brings

There are some things that no one teaches you, love

That come natural as a dream you didn't know that you were in

And, darling, all my dreaming

Is only put to shame

And, darling, all my dreaming

Has only been given a name

It came easy, darling

As natural as another leg around you in the bed frame

In summer's heat, I learned to dread the coming of the night

The awful things we do to make the head go quiet

You'd press your body to the concrete when you were small

The rains of winter seemed to never leave the walls

'Uiscefhuaraithe'

The feel of coolness only water brings

There are some things that no one teaches you, love

That God in his awful wisdom just programs in

But, darling, all my dreaming

Is only put to shame

And, darling, all my dreaming

Has only been given a name

But it happened easy, darling

Natural as another leg around you in the bed

And I wish I could say

That the river of my arms have found the ocean

I wish I could say the cold lake water of my heart

Christ, it's boiling over

But it happened easy, darling

Natural as another leg around you in the bed frame