Winter Gardens
Embracing Winter's Melody: A Poetic Journey of Love and Loss
Lyrics
When the strings of air sing, that winter is over
Symbolizing the end of winter through the sound of air, suggesting a change in season.
When the blushing steals in and colours your cheeks
Describing a moment of embarrassment or shyness, reflected in blushing and flushed cheeks.
Though weak are your bones and hope still seems faded
Acknowledging physical weakness and faded hope but still taking small steps towards aspirations.
You take a step slowly, then wake up your dreams
Encouraging the pursuit of dreams despite challenges, taking slow and deliberate steps.
Soft and quiet heartbeats
Referring to gentle and subtle heartbeats, possibly indicating a quiet emotional state.
Away you steal, who can you see?
Pondering on the question of who the person can see while quietly moving away.
Hold your breath, you might hear me singing
Suggesting the need to be silent and attentive to hear a singing voice, possibly metaphorical.
Along with the rondo of your grief
Connecting with the emotional melody (rondo) of grief experienced by the other person.
I feel the desire, warmth runs through my fingers
Expressing a feeling of desire and warmth, with sensations running through the fingers.
When you cry out my name and stretch out your hand
Acknowledging the impact of hearing one's name and feeling the touch of their hand.
But the glass between us, mirror lasting for ever
Highlighting a barrier (glass) that separates, creating a lasting reflective surface (mirror).
Love, you're losing your head in Erised
Noting the overpowering influence of love, possibly losing rationality in desire (Erised).
So bury me with flowers and go
Using the metaphor of burial with flowers, suggesting acceptance of an end and letting go.
I'll be listening to the rain
Listening to the rain symbolizes being attuned to the natural world after a transformative experience.
I'll breathe once more in crimson and blue
Expressing a renewed sense of life in vibrant colors (crimson and blue).
And you'll be on your way
Anticipating a departure or separation, possibly after a personal transformation.
Walk with my picture through winter gardens
Imagining a journey through winter gardens, possibly a metaphor for memories and reflection.
Let your wool slippers slip on the floor
Suggesting a casual and comfortable setting with the mention of wool slippers on the floor.
Hide me in a corner that dies with the sundown
Describing a hidden corner that fades away with the sunset, alluding to forgotten memories.
Like a mist of a dream you recall no more
Comparing memories to a mist of a dream that fades over time and may be forgotten.
And bury me with flowers and go
Repeating the metaphor of burial with flowers, emphasizing the cyclical nature of life and letting go.
I'll be listening to the rain
Listening to the rain again, suggesting a connection to nature and a contemplative state.
I'll breathe once more in crimson and blue
Reiterating a sense of renewed life with vivid colors (crimson and blue).
And you'll be on your way
Anticipating a departure or separation, mirroring earlier lines.
Please bury me with flowers, let go
Repeating the metaphor of burial with flowers, emphasizing the theme of letting go and acceptance.
Leave a red holly on my sheets
Leaving a red holly on the sheets, symbolizing a remembrance or tribute.
When the prayer of bells soaks into black robes
Referring to the solemnity of prayer and the absorption of its essence into darkness (black robes).
Each other in silence we'll greet
Describing a mutual acknowledgment or greeting in silence, possibly in a spiritual context.
Each other in silence we'll greet
Repeating the theme of a silent mutual acknowledgment, emphasizing connection even without words.
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