I'd take one whole year of sadness Just for one whole day with you One whole year of pain Just for one night next to you Give me a long and lonely winter Just for one spring day with you And if my gut never stops aching I don't care and I speak the truth And when it's time to go I swear I won't hold on to you I'd take one whole year of cold Just for a moment in the warmth of your glow A year of needles in my skin Just for one day in the world, that you are living in Give me a year of walking in the rain Just to hear you say you want me once again Ah my heart is dripping off my sleeve But my head is on my shoulders and I need you to believe that. When it's time to go I swear I won't hold on to you I actually wept when lying beneath me in your bed I saw beauty like I'd never seen before You're brimming o'er with life Colour flooding from your eyes It's the colour of the kingfisher in flight And when it's time to go, I swear... I'd take a year of early mornings Just for one long lie with you No I won't heed your warning I won't hold it all inside For I would surely die I'd take a year being hungry for you kiss And when you're wandering the world Know that you'll be missed And if my heart never stops breakin I'll survive And when it's time to go I swear I won't hold onto you