A Cold Night Close to the End

Be sure to be quiet in the middle of the night
When the dogs are asleep and the wind is high
Grab your things and wait by the window
I’ll meet you by your window
And we’ll make no tracks in the snow
We’ll follow the lakes to where the cold north wind will
Cover for us both
So we can hide
And if we survive
The cold and the night in the dead of winter
We’ll watch the sun rise on the ice together
And if we are to die tonight
In your arms I would lay, and it never felt better
And at least we will leave here together
In the still of the night
My bare hands, your pale skin
Reflected in the moonlight
And we pray and we pray
To the wind
And your hands in my hands
As soft as the sunlight when the day begins
And as cold as the night blows in
And if we are to die, tonight
I’ll pray with my heart that you’ll love me forever
And at least we will leave here together