wintertime

By Philip Labes

On Winter

Released on February 24, 2023

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[Verse 1]

It's gray, it's white and it's gray

After my show you gave me a bouquet

Yellow is sunflower, red Cabernet

But everything sweet is just hidden decay


[Verse 2]

It's white, it's graphite on white

I handle my pencil and think of your bite

I scribble my lyrics and worry all night

I'll never be so loved again in my life


[Pre-Chorus]

And am I going to feel like this every single day for the rest of my life?


[Chorus]

Wintertime

Just go to bed, it's not gonna happen

Wintertime

Tomorrow I heard it'll snow

Wintertime

Icе on the lake, tracks in the cabin

Lеt's rest for a time

It's gonna be fine


[Verse 3]

It's green, it's yellow and green

It's snotty and rotten, a jealous machine

And look at my numbers up there on the screen

From my predictable, typical dream


[Verse 4]

It's red, magenta and red

The stains that we left from the wine on my bed

I wish I had your body, I wish I was dead

I wish that you were the you in my head


[Pre-Chorus]

And am I going to feel like this every single day for the rest of my life?


[Chorus]

Wintertime

Just go to bed, it's not gonna happen

Wintertime

Tomorrow I heard it'll snow

Wintertime

Ice on the lake, tracks in the cabin

Let's rest for a time

It's gonna be fine, it's gonna be fine


[Bridge]

If I let the snow cover my colors

Going to be fine

I've got nothing to lose, lose, lose


[Verse 5]

It's blues, it's whites and it's blues

I made four records to get over you

When I look back at the colors I used

Did I get better or dig at the bruise?


[Verse 6]

It's black, it's black and it's black

It hops down my throat and it sits on my back

The emptiness seeps out of every crack

The nothing that nothing can ever hold back


[Outro]

And am I going to feel like this every single day for the rest of my life?

No!