Winter Bird Songtext
von Hawksley Workman

Speak to me of sadness
Speak to me of pain
Tell me how your heart leaps
At the thought of spreading your wings again
Tell me of your hunger
How your instinct has retrained
The unexplainable longing
That comes when the snow turns into rain

You say a part of you dies (You say a part of you dies)
You say your heart never lies (You say your heart never lies)
You say you′re never tricked when they try to
Pull the wool over your eyes

Winterbird, I don't know what I′ve got to
Winterbird, I don't know what I've got to do
Winterbird, I don′t know what I′ve got to do


You can count them up on one hand
Those whose compassion you would fake
And you've always had a keen sense
Of whose love was real and whose was fake
You telegraph your movements
The ancient paths you take
You say it′s all the repetition (It's all the repetition)
And the choices you made for survival′s sake

You say a part of you dies (You say a part of you dies)
You say your heart never lies (You say your heart never lies)
You say you're never tricked when they try to
Pull the wool over your eyes

Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to
Winterbird, I don't know what I′ve got to do
Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to do
Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to
Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to do
Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to do

How long will it take?
How long will it take for your heart to grow cold?
In the middle of the night, will you surrender to the voice
That keeps on calling, that keeps on calling you to go?


Winterbird, I don't know what I′ve got to
Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to do
Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to do
Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to
Winterbird, I don′t know what I've got to do
Winterbird, I don't know what I′ve got to do