Winter
Sue Richardson Lyrics
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Frozen hearts growing colder with time
There's no heat from our mouths
Please take me back to my refuge
And we were in flames, I needed, I needed you
To run through my veins, like disease, 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 mad
We're too similar
Losing our minds
With cabin fever,
Shut in confined spaces
Lost in the dark,
My heart taken and resting on your heart
And we were in flames, I needed, I needed you
To run through my veins, like disease, disease
And now we are strange, strangers
Wait for me to degrade before
You go
Killing prey for
Waste of
Daylight
Speaks when
Slumber's keeping
Under the bed
Out of revenge
I'm derailing
My youth has stained our sheets
With some piece of me
With some piece of me
Oh, winter comes
Oh, winter crush all of the things that I once loved
Winter come
Winter crush all of the things that I once had
In this song, Sue Richardson expresses the gradual deterioration of a romantic relationship. She portrays this imagery so vividly by starting with the simile "Drifting apart like two sheets of ice, my love," which implies that their love has slowly become withdrawn and cold towards one another. The ice imagery creates an atmosphere of isolation in which the two people in love have become frozen hearts. The use of a rhetorical question "There's no heat from our mouths?" also emphasizes the unemotional state of the two people.
The chorus "And we were in flames, I needed you to run through my veins like disease" reminisces on the days when they were madly in love and sparks flew between them. The metaphor of love being a disease suggests that the relationship had been both a source of comfort and a destructive force in their lives. However, now, they are mere strangers to each other, and everything has changed. The second verse gives an overall perspective of how the relationship has moved on. There's no more passion between them, and they're just moving on with monotonous lives. The use of a paradoxical expression "Love's gone mad," shows the confusing and complex nature of their relationship.
The hard-hitting ending "Winter come, Winter crush all of the things that I once had" brings out the bitter truth that winter comes with harshness and force by crushing everything that once existed. This equates to their love being an analogy for winter that came in, destroyed everything, and left. The song shows the importance and complexity of relationships that can fall apart with time due to various reasons.
Line by Line Meaning
Drifting apart like two sheets of ice, my love
Our love has slowly been fading away, pulling apart from each other like two pieces of ice in the water.
Frozen hearts growing colder with time
As time goes on, our hearts have become colder and more distant from each other.
There's no heat from our mouths
We no longer express warmth or love towards each other through our words.
Please take me back to my refuge
I long to feel safe and protected in the loving embrace of our past relationship.
And we were in flames, I needed, I needed you
There was once an intense passionate love between us that I yearn for and need, but now it is gone.
To run through my veins, like disease, disease
Our love was so intense that it consumed me like a disease, but now that love has gone away.
And now we are strange, strangers
We have become distant, unknown figures to each other.
It's different now
Our relationship has changed considerably.
Gray-faced
Our once bright and joyful relationship is now bleak and gloomy.
Eyes burnt out
We no longer see eye to eye, our love has been exhausted.
Flames are gone
The passion that once held us together has vanished.
Gloves are on
We are keeping our distance from each other and protecting ourselves.
I have a feeling
I sense that our love has come to an end.
Love's gone mad
Our intense love has driven us crazy, and now it has disappeared.
We're too similar
Our similarities have caused us to become bored and uninterested in each other.
Losing our minds
Our relationship is driving us to insanity.
With cabin fever,
We are trapped in this relationship and it feels suffocating.
Shut in confined spaces
We are closed off to each other, stuck in small spaces with no room for love.
Lost in the dark,
Our love is no longer vibrant or clear, it is shrouded in darkness.
My heart taken and resting on your heart
My love for you has been consumed by your love and now it resides on your heart, not mine.
Wait for me to degrade before
You are waiting for me to suffer and become worse off before you leave me.
You go
You plan to leave me and move on to something else.
Killing prey for
You're hurting me for no reason.
Waste of
Our relationship has become a waste of time and resources.
Daylight
Our love is no longer full of light and joy.
Speaks when
We only communicate when it is absolutely necessary.
Slumber's keeping
We are both asleep and unresponsive to each other, our love is like a dream.
Under the bed
Our love is hidden and forgotten, out of sight and ignored.
Out of revenge
Our actions towards each other are fueled by revenge and hurt instead of love.
I'm derailing
I am sabotaging our relationship, pushing it off track and towards destruction.
My youth has stained our sheets
My past actions and decisions have left a mark on our relationship that we cannot remove.
With some piece of me
No matter how we try, our love will always carry a piece of our past relationship.
Oh, winter comes
The cold, harsh winter is coming, reflecting the state of our love.
Oh, winter crush all of the things that I once loved
Winter will destroy all of the things that reminded me of our love, reflecting how our love has fallen apart and is now lost.
Winter come
I am ready for winter to arrive and make everything cold and dull, as it reflects the state of our love.
Winter crush all of the things that I once had
Winter will demolish everything that once reminded me of our past love, reflecting how our love has faded away.
Contributed by Lincoln Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.