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 wish that it was over

Bring me the snowfall, bring me the cold wind

Bring me the winter

And now the mercury keeps rising

Like 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 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 wish that it was over

Bring me the snowfall, bring me the cold wind

Bring me the snowfall, bring me the winter

Let all sins in the past be buried in the frozen ground

Let the last of the vengeance fires die

The black 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 lights of burnished silver

For I fear the age of consequence

And I wish that it was over (Wish that it was over)

'Cause I fear the age of consequence

And I wish that it was over (Wish that it was over)

'Cause I fear the age of consequence

And I wished that it was over

Bring me the snowfall, bring me the cold wind

Bring me the snowfall, bring me the cold wind

Bring me the winter