When past sometimes takes you with soft hands Forcelessly pulls you to your chair Hides you away from these half days Sunless, at the end of the year The air is like a knife cutting through you A room in the house is always warm Stretched down on the bathroom floor thinking Of fair days your future may hold Love comes like surprise ice on the water Love comes like surprise ice at dawn Love comes like surprise ice on the water Love comes at dawn Deprived all the light of colours The world ends at your window tree Darkness creates these illusions That pale days can teach you to see Rain falls, but no life is given Weeks pass, no progress is made Past sometimes takes you with soft hands And all that surrounds you will fade Love comes like surprise ice on the water Love comes like surprise ice at dawn Love comes like surprise ice on the water Love comes at dawn