A joy hard learned in winter was the warming of the bed It'd shake for minutes there and move your legs Wrap the blanket over you and keep your head within Let your breath heat the air until you'd feel it getting thin Ishkara The feel of coldness only water brings There are some things that no one teaches you, Lord They come natural as a dream, you didn't know that you were in And darling, all my dreaming Is only put to shame And darling, all my dreaming Has only been given an end And it came easy, darling It's natural as another leg around you in the bed, friend In summer's heat I learned to dread the coming of the night The awful things we do to make the head go quiet You'd press your body to the concrete when you were smart The rains of winter seem to never leave the walls Ishkara The feel of coldness only water brings There are some things that no one teaches you, Lord That God in his awful wisdom just programs in And darling, all my dreaming Has only been put to shame And darling, all my dreaming Has only been given an end But it happened easy, darling It's natural as another leg around you in the bed I wish I could see That the river of my arms affirmed the ocean I wish I could see the cold lake water of my eyes The crust is boiling over But it happened easy, darling It's natural as another leg around you in the bed, friend