Winter Takes All Lyrics
I gamble it all away, tumble into fall abased and ablaze
Can’t fault or blame fam, they parade arrays of aid and praise
Saints patronized by the razor blade
Dismayed and fazed and maybe I assay the prize
Stay alive or prepared – scared ain't no way to die
Though if my ache could be assuaged through sin
I’ll make it bleed fate, racing to the gate pleading “take me in,” I’m
Down, unable to prevail unassisted
Will the tempest hail another victim in cyclical rhythm? Please
Break it, ‘cause honestly the lie “I try tirelessly” is cowardice
Powerless am I to fight this avarice, I’m
Down, to give over control, the soul’s solely yours
Deal and dispose, but keep it real close but don’t
Break it, ‘cause they gon’ take it hard if I don’t make it through
And some are reaching for reason to hate you
Time and time again I’ve been told
That a focus on the flaws of man’s off-center ten-fold
Stricken with the winter cold, sipping the burning hot
A spill will blister, learn not to leave skin exposed
Stitch it up and pray the kid recover nice
And I might have if not for daddy’s bad advice
He’s the type to fight God but not a vice
Grip the heater twice as hard – it’s this reality I battle nightly
Even in sleep it seems flight’s unattainable
Upon waking the facial expression deigns a satiable exchange
Weather shades drawn, either side a storm rage on
Patiently the fawn awaits the day the rain’s gone
In my defense I claim it’s obvious I’m not him
Probably it’s the toxin – sorry it’s a lot been unresolved
Sick since six, seen ‘em revolve around a small town
Clique, call it quits – bring all them walls
With a rifle, writing my epistle titled “try cycle,” I
Break it, so never they perpetuate the malady
Abashedly accommodate mortality, undoubtedly I’m
Down, to reconsider, I’ll stay if you can make a promise though
Please keep it real close and don’t
Break it
I'm warning not strong enough to take it now
And I’m investigating other ways out
We'll rebuild what the bottle destroyed
I’m downhill standing still at the bottom of Roy
Where the pass over 5 look alive much as anything
Cling to the side and any sign of your memory
My creative liberty is tempting me to hasten to the point of penance
We could be rejoined if you employ forgiveness
Sell it all, tell ‘em hell is nothing but a cell wall
I’ma soar even as the shell… fall…
Down, shed not a tear for my exodus
I’m here in the protectorate, the fear I held was delicate, to
Break it, simply took a leap of faith and virtue
Serve through, I never meant to hurt you, for certain I’ll be
Down, to revisit the dearest of my kinfolk
Hold the spirit near, keep it real close but don’t
Break it, the creed is all we got until we meet again
I pray you gon’ make it through the season
About
“Winter Takes All” is the first part of RA Scion’s two-part reflection on tests of faith and suicide. Part one begins with the story of a tremendously spiritual man who has hit rock bottom. Seeking answers, he looks back over his life and the path that lead him to his present state, and overwrought with depression, he contemplates suicide.
At the end of “Winter Takes All” the narrator ultimately decides to commit suicide and jumps;
part two of the story is depicted in “Escaping Arkham,” which picks up exactly where “Winter Takes All” has left off, at the moment just after the narrator jumps. In an interview with Seeds Entertainment, RA Scion explained:
At the end of “Winter Takes All” the protagonist jumps of the bridge. So that’s how the two songs are tied together. At the end of “Winter Takes All” the main character has battled all these things in the past and he finally resigned himself to freeing himself until he jumps and then “Escaping Arkham” is about the moment between the physical jump and death.
Q&A
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Asked about “Winter Takes All” and “Escaping Arkham” in an interview with Seeds Entertainment, RA Scion explained:
They’re both very much about suicide. It’s tough to write good music about suicide, well, because it’s not really an experience that you’ve gone through [Laughs] So it’s impossible to write about it as though you’ve gone through it, in many ways writing about death is very hard. The point that I’m trying to get across with both songs is my position on suicide and that is in many ways it is the ultimate act of liberation. I won’t go much further into that, it gets sort of macabre. But really taking your life into your own hands is a very liberating act and my experience with suicide have forced me to think about the concept of suicide very critically.
- 1.Service
- 2.Trouble Is
- 3.Gol’ Dust
- 4.Slow Cure
- 6.40 Furrows
- 7.House
- 8.Winter Takes All
- 9.Weather Vane
- 10.40 Acres
- 11.Spits
- 12.Nina Sing
- 13.Certitude
- 14.Crucible
- 15.40 Thieves
- 16.Nothin’ At All
- 17.Swell
- 18.Tobacco Road
