Been a long and lonely winter for my mother Her mother died slowly It's hard to set sail And harvest with the sea, each day Static on the tv screen, it's snowing It's going out of season There's a wall between Like crossing open sea The lady at the front desk By the waiting room She knows me by name This is not a pointed finger I don't know, where we belong Do you ever wonder at this shadow We're pouring out our silence on Dying is for strangers, and I know you see it We wear our smiles like a crime If I had the money, I'd set the ledger even Pay in full, waste my time ♪ Hand-me-downs and wreckage With the glow of other lives I gather them like children Something to show for our time Dying is for strangers, and I know you see it We'll wear our smiles like a crime If I had the money, I'd set the ledger even Pay in full, waste my time ♪ Been a long and lonely winter for my mother