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In Search of Winter

from The Horror Show (2013) by Ian Gordon

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A lone adventurer hopes to discover a land in which the fourth season is present. He finds significantly more...

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i. the absent season

i dream of winter snowflakes
falling from the broken skies of earth
the season it is absent
not a trace of my home world

my winter
my season
my life under snow
exists within a memory of a world i used to know

i open up the door
and step into a dusty plain
i'm on my way
my eyes they are wide open
i will find the land of ice and snow somehow

the skies reflect the colour of the sunrise on midsummer's day
my destination clear to me
in my heart i'm almost there

ii. the wanderer

the days are short as i roam the earth
through barren streets and moonlight parades
a dreamer dances in the twilight glow
nervously she shows me the way

from slim back streets to the open highway
she's showing me rural roads
through foliage and hedge high
into the night's eye
waving she sends me north

the nights are long
and the plains are dark
approaching a village serene
a quiet community of 'winter seekers'
exchanging their knowledge and hopes

townsfolk
welcome stranger
join with us

- commitment -

"maybe i'll return some day
i walk this road alone today
maybe you will do the same
but this has always been my fate"

iii. the climb

townsfolk are so strange
autumn faces mock
truth they seek
need as great as mine

townsfolk
feather winged creatures take your north of here
the catacombs of wisdom take you to the snow

my memories are fading
as the rain it lashes down
the duty to my soul
inside i'm clutching

the mountainside is closing in i know i must ascend
above a plateau must await

a land of purest snow
i need to see snowflakes falling from the sky

up and up the mountainside i climb
i'm holding on
up and up the mountainside
i'm climbing to the top

iv. phantoms of the storm

dreaming of the wonder of what lies on the other side of this mountain
i can only hope it's what i'm searching for
wintertime a secret kept for far too long i pray
that the truth it will present itself
i'll wish the rain away

all for love
all for truth
soon i'll see

when all is dark and lost inside
i'll find my refuge in the snow
a place to live and to call my own
my home is sub zero

everything i ever had it was stolen in a single day
my life begins today

when all is dark and lost inside
i'll find my refuge in the snow
a place to live and to call my own
my home is sub zero

everything i hope to gain it is hinging on this dark campaign
my life begins today

the clouds above closing in
anticipating death
to see what lies beyond this mountain
the terror fills my head

tomorrow may be different
but today i know my fate
the storm is coming straight for me
to tear my world apart

thunder claps above the clouds
the summit reached i look below
heavenly the sight below
a snowy wonderland!

v. the split

the snow is heavy on the ground
thick and white upon the leaves
a scene from both our wildest dreams
picturesque in the moonlight beams

neanderthal would envy this
this image of heavenly bliss
where life it teams in vigilance
glory to the many here

luke, your name
well mine is john
what brought us here?
our heart's desire

to seek the truth
i ask you why
we say goodbye to our old lives

it seems you're me and i am you
we know now what we have to do
we'll merge again here in the snow
we are as one
we always knew we were

the skies reflect the colour of the sunrise on midsummer's day
my destination clear to me
in my heart i'm almost there

the skies reflect the colour of the sunrise on midsummer's day
and wintertime is here today
in my heart it's here to stay
it's here to stay!

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from The Horror Show (2013), released September 16, 2013
Ian Gordon - vocals, keyboards, bass, drums, acoustic guitars
Rob Heyes - guitars, vocals

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