Winter is a coloured bird Fleeting silent through the sweet pure air Chills the night but holds the word Decrees by wind are secrets to the land Which sleeps The cold wind rushes The ash will smear along With mysteries, messages And I know it's a hollow Turned on, the land will awake In winter In winter If I were a silent tree I would yearn to be awake in winter Although I know I can't be free At least I can exhibit all my earthy truths But, but, but the tree sleeps The wind respects his lands This darkness is a sham For 'neath the bark the sap is pulsing But the tree does not breathe In winter In winter Happy as the spring am I The world awakes me when I'm tired Latent energy released Yonder by the winter's eye And the world can see her flourish And if they turned off They could feel her too You don't know me I don't know you O Mother, you're a stranger You're shaped with me, I'm your child It's all in my mind It's all in my mind It's all in my mind And if they turned off They could feel her They could feel her They could feel her They could feel her They could feel her They could feel her Feel her