STAY

Stay a bit longer 

The tip of the iceberg

Has not yet entered your soul

What were you saying?

Tell me,

Tell me , before you go.

The winter is cold

The sky is darker than darkness

No stars are seen

But they will be

They will be when you go.

The icicles crown your bleeding lips

They take away the warmth from you

'Tis the same with all crowns

They bring more darkness than glow.

Stay,

Stay, a bit longer 

The night is getting colder

Let me light a bonfire

But where do I find wood

The pine trees inviting me

Cut me down

Yet I wish not to do evil

I wish not to do evil

Whilst I tend to your fading soul.

I put the memories

Of us instead

All the times we splashed in puddles

Yet not frozen

All the times

The lights passed by us

On the highways

All the times

Our hands entwined

To create living being

Shadows on the white walls

All the times you told me you would die

Die if I did not see you

All the times

I saw through your window

And saw a beautiful fire

Burning inside.

I put that into the burning fire

To burn beside

Alas! the wind is strong

It is blown away.

Tell me,

Tell me, what you wanted to say

Wanted to say before you leave

You can stay

The winter is our foe

It makes us think ourselves powerless

It buries the hearts 

Of all those who have endured

Beneath the snow.

Softly,

Do you hear them?

Do you hear them beating?

Do you hear them beating for you?