Winter
Words and music by Joe Ficklin


Capo 3

She was brought into this world
While a storm around her swirled
The fimbulwinter held within her heart
Silver snow that never warmed
Crystal ice that glaciers formed
And she wondered if the spring would ever start

She'd heard rumors of the green
A distant land unseen
Where roses bloomed and perfume spiced the breeze
But she never ventured forth from castle in the north
And the perfect beauty of eternal freeze

	If she's cold she doesn't show
	And there's no one there to know
	She has open skies and the moon above
	In this kingdom she's a snow queen
	For a world that's pure and pristine
	Yet she wonders at the wonder men call love

He was born in fire and grace
Another life, another place
And he longed to see the world in all its frame
Leaving hearth leaving kin, on a journey did begin
Traveling to her castle came

She watched him from afar as he walked beneath the stars
That lead at least to where she sat and ruled
By snow and ice defined, she would never be unkind
Neither would she ever be a fool

	If she's cold she doesn't show
	And there's no one there to know
	She has open skies and the moon above
	In this kingdom she's a snow queen
	For a world that's pure and pristine
	Yet she wonders at the wonder men call love

It is a simple thing the first daffodil of spring
Life and hope that rises from the snow
If it's thawing then it's fragile
But her heart is spun-glass fragile
Too soon he tells her he must go

In anger and in pain the storm rages again
And the fibulwinter roars back like a lion…
In a moment he is gone and once more she's alone
And the winter shows no sign of ever dying

	If she's cold she doesn't show
	And there's no one there to know
	She has open skies and the moon above
	In this kingdom she's a snow queen
	For a world that's pure and pristine
	Yet she wonders at the wonder men call love