Vixy & Tony Persephone
You came to summer's daughter in the twilight of the
day
You swept her off her feet and made to carry her away
And a wordless bargain sealed us, long before our tale
was told
That whenever I should come to you be time of grief and
cold
And it was capture of a kind, but it was never what
they think
They all forget I had a choice, you know
I could have chosen not to eat or drink
But you only knew me in winter
When the leaves had all finished their fall
Yes you only knew me in winter
So how could you know me at all?
And when you send me back to springtime, there is no
one who will know
That a part of me remains with you beneath your frozen
snow
For an ageless age ago, when there was no such thing as
sin
When I pledged to love the darkness, I could see the
light within
And they were grieved and shocked, those ancients, for
they could not understand
How there could be such truth and joy
How lay such tenderness in such a heavy hand
But you only knew me in winter
When the leaves had all finished their fall
Yes you only knew me in winter
So how could you know me at all?
And I loved you as you were, but you refused to
understand
And I cannot be of your keep, and you will not be of my
land
If I could plant a winter blossom, would it make you
think of me?
In the silence of the summer
In the dawning of the day
There are worlds that you have never tried to see
And once you thought to turn me truly to your queen in
more than name
When you saw you were succeeding, did you feel a pang
of shame?
For the way you rule your kingdom makes me turn aside
and weep
But you rouse in me desires that make me cry out in my
sleep
Now even standing in the sunlight, there are shadows in
my hair
I feel your cool hand on my throat, oh yes
No matter where I am, I feel you there
But you only held me in winter
When the dead leaves relinquished the fall
Yes you only knew me in winter
No, you never knew me at all