I am the winter and you are the spring
You only can bloom when I fade
Everyone loves the warmth that you bring
But when I come they're all just afraid
You are a flower and I am the snow
I come and I kill you each year
You hide underground while winter winds blow
And you only return when I clear
I am an empire and you are my state
I love you, I own you, you're mine
Even if Mother Russia falls to its fate
I'll never forget how you shine
You've turned your back and I am alone
Your loathing face is burned into my eyes
It's telling me something that I should have known:
All those years your "I love you"s were lies
You are a man and I think I was too
'Til you left and I crumbled to dust
All I know is that I can't live without you
But from now on it seems that I must
I have been broken and I've become weak
It's been years since I've seen you at all
I'm no longer mighty, I no longer speak
I'm tired and dying and small
You are a country and you're at my door
With your beautiful, radiant smile
Maybe things can't be like they were before
But we can sit together just for a while
You're finally free and I'm falling apart
But you've come back to help me to mend
Though you'll always do strange things to my heart
All I really need now is a friend.