Winter
Daughter. Lyrics
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Frozen hearts growing colder with time
There's no heat from our mouths
Please take me back to my rich youth
And we were in flames, I needed I needed you
To run through my veins, like disease
And now we are strange, strangers
It's different now
Gray faced
Eyes burnt out
Flames are gone
Gloves are on
I have a feeling
Love's gone back
Went to the cinema, losing our minds
With comic fever, shutting confined spaces
Lost in the dark, my heart taken
Resting on your heart
And we were in flames, I needed I needed you
To run through my veins, like disease
And now we are strange, strangers
Wait for
Me to
Degrade before
You go
Caring
Pray for
Waste of
Daylight
Speaks when
Sun burns keeping
Undeveloped
Out of revenge
And degrading
My youth and stained on our sheets
It's on a piece of me
It's on a piece of me
Winter comes
Winter crush all
I've heard things that
I once had
The song "Winter" by Daughter is a melancholic ballad about the gradual disintegration of a relationship. The first few lines, "Drifting apart like two sheets of ice, my love / Frozen hearts growing colder with time / There's no heat from our mouths / Please take me back to my rich youth" present an image of two people, previously inseparable but now slowly pulling away from each other. The reference to "two sheets of ice" highlights the emotional distance that has come between them, making them feel cold and isolated from one another. They long for a time when things were simpler, when they were younger and more connected.
The chorus, "And we were in flames, I needed I needed you / To run through my veins, like disease / And now we are strange, strangers" emphasizes the stark contrast between the past and the present. The "flames" represent the passion and intensity that once consumed their relationship, but now all that is left is an empty shell of what they once had. They are no longer intimate partners, but "strangers" who don't know how to communicate with each other.
The second half of the song, "Gray faced / Eyes burnt out / Flames are gone / Gloves are on / I have a feeling / Love's gone back" continues the metaphor of coldness and isolation, and the feeling of being lost in the darkness without any sense of direction. The final lines, "Winter comes / Winter crush all / I've heard things that / I once had" suggest a sense of finality, that the relationship has come to an end, and all that is left is the memory of what used to be.
Overall, "Winter" is a haunting and poignant song that captures the bittersweet feeling of watching a relationship fall apart.
Line by Line Meaning
Drifting apart like two sheets of ice, my love
Our relationship is slowly breaking apart, just like two sheets of ice moving away from each other
Frozen hearts growing colder with time
Our hearts have grown cold and distant from each other over time
There's no heat from our mouths
We no longer have passionate or loving words for each other
Please take me back to my rich youth
I wish I could go back to a time when our love was strong and vibrant
And we were in flames, I needed I needed you
To run through my veins, like disease
And now we are strange, strangers
We used to be consumed by our love for each other, but now we are distant and almost like strangers
It's different now
Things have changed and our relationship isn't the same as it used to be
Gray faced
We are both emotionless and neutral towards each other
Eyes burnt out
Our love has faded away and there is no longer any passion between us
Flames are gone
The fiery passion that we once had for each other has fizzled out
Gloves are on
We are protecting ourselves and being cautious with each other
I have a feeling
Love's gone back
I have a feeling that the love we had for each other has regressed and is now lost
Went to the cinema, losing our minds
With comic fever, shutting confined spaces
Lost in the dark, my heart taken
Resting on your heart
We were caught up in the moment, enjoying each other's company, but now it's all dark and empty
Wait for
Me to
Degrade before
You go
Caring
Pray for
Waste of
Daylight
Speaks when
Sun burns keeping
Undeveloped
Out of revenge
And degrading
My youth and stained on our sheets
It's on a piece of me
It's on a piece of me
You're waiting for me to hit rock bottom before leaving me, but you don't really care about me or our relationship. You wish for the day to pass aimlessly and only speak to me when the sun is setting. You hold onto the past and keep it stained on our sheets, which only hurts me.
Winter comes
Winter crush all
I've heard things that
I once had
Winter has come, crushing everything in its path including our love. I reminisce about things that we once had, but are now lost
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ELENA VERONICA TONRA, IGOR ALEXANDRE HAEFELI
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