Wintersmith
Summer and Winter are dancing tonight
And the wind's full of snow and the sky's full of light
I'm aching for home as the seasons are turning
I don't know what lessons I'm meant to be learning
But there's iron for a ring and my face in the snow
And the heat only goes where you tell it to go.
Wintersmith I didn't ask you to love me
And Wintersmith I didn't summon you here.
Wintersmith I didn't know you were dancing
The seasons around as you do every year.
Wintersmith please understand I was foolish
And Wintersmith please understand that I'm young.
Wintersmith I'm not your Lady of Summers,
And mine's not a song that has ever been sung.
I can't be growing and green for your sake,
Not the taste of an apple, the green of a tree.
Stories can bend, but what's human can break,
And whatever you're searching for's never been me...
Wintersmith I didn't ask you to want me
And Wintersmith I didn't bid you to stay.
Wintersmith I didn't search for your story
Or wish for the role that you want me to play.
Wintersmith please understand I'm just human
And Wintersmith please understand this is wrong.
Wintersmith I'm not your Queen of the Harvest,
And I will not barter my soul for her song.
I have my duties, I will not forsake
Everything that I am for what you'd have me be.
You may be a god, but this is a mistake,
And whatever you're searching for's never been me...
Summer and Winter are dancing tonight
And the wind's full of snow and the sky's full of light
I'm aching for home as the seasons are turning
I don't know what lessons I'm meant to be learning
But there's iron for a ring and my face in the snow
And the heat only goes where you tell it to go.
Wintersmith now I must ask you to leave me
And Wintersmith listen, and please understand.
Wintersmith your love is cold and eternal;
It may touch my heart, but it's killing my land.
Wintersmith please understand that I'm sorry
And Wintersmith please understand why I cry.
Wintersmith I'm not your wife or your lover;
The circle must turn. Kiss the summer goodbye.
All of the choices you've asked me to make,
The cold sacrifices you can't even see.
Your love has a cost nothing human can take,
And whatever you're searching for's never been me...
Summer and Winter are dancing tonight
And the wind's full of snow and the sky's full of light
I'm aching for home as the seasons are turning
I don't know what lessons I'm meant to be learning
But there's iron for a ring and my face in the snow
And the heat only goes where you tell it to go.
There's iron for a ring and my face in the snow
And the heat only goes where you tell it to go.Written on: 2007-05-04. Seanan McGuire