Mind of Winter

As I set sail for parts unknown

There was weather everywhere

And a pretender on the throne

As I looked back, I lost track and could not find

One silver tongued pleaser who could rise to the times

I meant to find out who I'd be

If you hadn't put the words on me

I'm going where I need to go

I had to grow up and throw away

Your maps and geography

When I come back, if I come back

I swear that I'll be simpler

When I come back, if I come back

I'll have a mind of winter

I'll have a mind of winter

No land in sight and lost at sea

There was blame in the fog

And fingers pointing back at me

I fell to my knees among the birds and the dying bees

And tried to find my tongue to trace the maiden name of god

I draped myself in nature's wounds

To see if I could hear the tune

I don't know what I need to know

Just gotta grow up and throw away

Your deadly philosophy

When I come back, if I come back

I swear that I'll be simpler

When I come back, if I come back

I'll have a mind of winter

I'll have a mind of winter

I'll have a mind of winter