I Promise You

I promise you warm nights

I promise you long days

I promise you summer twilight

I promise you soft waves

But first we must bear

The winter

I promise you blue skies

I promise you the rolling moors

I promise you barefoot sunrise

I promise you open doors

But first we must bear

The winter

The rain and the gates

And the frost and the hail

The hard biting nails

Of winter

I promise you light returning

I promise you hope reborn

I promise you gentle mornings

I promise you new dawn

But first we must bear

The winter