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"Winter Song - Sara Bareilles"

This is my winter song to you.
The storm is coming soon,
It rolls in from the sea

My voice; a beacon in the night.
My words will be your light,
To carry you to me.

Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love

They say that things just cannot grow
Beneath the winter snow,
Or so I have been told.

They say were buried far,
Just like a distant star
I simply cannot hold.

Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?

This is my winter song.
December never felt so wrong,
Cause you're not where you belong;
Inside my arms.

Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
Bum bum bum bum bum bum
Bum bum bum bum bum bum

I still believe in summer days.
The seasons always change
And life will find a way.

I'll be your harvester of light
And send it out tonight
So we can start again.

Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?

This is my winter song.
December never felt so wrong,
Cause you're not where you belong;
Inside my arms.

This is my winter song to you.
The storm is coming soon
It rolls in from the sea.

My love a beacon in the night.
My words will be your light
To carry you to me.

Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?

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While lyrics are always open to interpretation, this is my take.

The constant mention of seasons denotes things that run their course, ie: a relationship. Summer usually symbolizes carefree, happy feelings, things that are at their best. Winter is the season when things are dormant, when snow covers the ground and covers dormant plants - things that used to be vibrant and green and growing and are now frozen.

This song seems fairly literal. She was in a relationship, she no longer is, she would like to be again. She is using her voice as a "light house" to guide her boyfriend back to her. The lighthouse reference does not have to do with winter, lighthouses are what guide boats back to the shore traditionally, this is a boating reference in a song about winter... but she does also mention a storm coming so I suppose she references both sea and winter. She wants to know if the love is just dormant or if it's frozen beyond repair.
Source(s):
http://www.lyricsbay.com/winter_song_lyrics-sara_bareilles.html


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