Lyrics
I skulk through the skeleton trees
I move quietly among bare trees resembling skeletons
The birds and the sun have both flown
The birds and the sun have disappeared or left
I daresay, a damnable scheme is hidden in midwinter's moan
An unpleasant plan or plot is concealed in the winter's moaning
Afloat in a frozen white flood
I am surrounded by a frozen, white expanse
Disheveled, I shuffle the floor
Disheveled, I move clumsily across the floor
The fix for what's freezing my blood
The solution to what is freezing my blood is sought
Rests behind the red cellar door
The solution is behind a red cellar door
Dandelion wine
Dandelion wine is mentioned for the first time
Just half a spoonful, and everything's fine
A small amount of dandelion wine makes everything feel better
Summoning days of summer in bloom, chasing winter away
Recalling the days of summer, trying to push away winter
I should be raking my roof
The speaker should be clearing snow from the roof
The snow drift is dangerously high
The snowdrift is dangerously high
But I've found my favorite proof and the barrel is barely half dry
The speaker prefers dandelion wine, and the supply is running low
Dandelion wine
Repetition of the mention of dandelion wine
Just half a spoonful, and everything's fine
A small amount of dandelion wine has a positive effect
Summoning days of summer in bloom, but it's slipping away
Recalling the days of summer, but the warmth is fading
Dandelion wine
Repetition of the mention of dandelion wine
Just half a spoonful, and everything's fine
A small amount of dandelion wine has a positive effect
Dandelion wine
Repetition of the mention of dandelion wine
Just half a bottle, and everything's fine
A larger quantity of dandelion wine has a positive effect
Dandelion wine
Repetition of the mention of dandelion wine
(The barrel is dry as a bone)
The barrel containing dandelion wine is empty
Dandelion wine
Repetition of the mention of dandelion wine
(The snow is still falling like ash)
The snow continues to fall heavily
Dandelion wine
Repetition of the mention of dandelion wine
(The ceiling is starting to groan)
The ceiling is showing signs of strain or stress
Dandelion wine
Repetition of the mention of dandelion wine
(Then everything ends with a crash)
Everything ends abruptly with a crash
Crushed like a rat in a trap
Feeling defeated and overwhelmed, like a rat in a trap
Buried in beams of rough pine
Surrounded by rough pine beams, buried and confined
It's cold now, and catacomb black
The atmosphere is cold and pitch black, resembling a catacomb
Dreaming of dandelion wine
Dreaming of the positive memories associated with dandelion wine
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