In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Mind strong, body strong
Try to find equilibrium
Head straight, screwed on
We screwed up for too long
I don't want to lean on the waves
I watched the storm evaporate
I think of you and starry skies
That keeps you so alive
Let's walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands
It's all in your face
I see a break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding of love
The silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
Medusa smiles and Judas lips
Open arms and finger tips
Love bites, and recompense
I'll be with you until the end
Let's walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands
It's all in your face
I see a break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding of love
The silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
All in your face
I see a break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding of love
The silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
Hang on to yourself
Hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
It's all in your face
I see a break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding of love
The silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
It's like the sound of winter
Hang on to yourself
Hang on to yourself
Try to find equilibrium
Head straight, screwed on
We screwed up for too long
I don't want to lean on the waves
I watched the storm evaporate
I think of you and starry skies
That keeps you so alive
Let's walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands
It's all in your face
I see a break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding of love
The silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
Medusa smiles and Judas lips
Open arms and finger tips
Love bites, and recompense
I'll be with you until the end
Let's walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands
It's all in your face
I see a break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding of love
The silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
All in your face
I see a break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding of love
The silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
Hang on to yourself
Hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
It's all in your face
I see a break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding of love
The silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
It's like the sound of winter
Hang on to yourself
Hang on to yourself
Lyrics submitted by Kaileybug08
The Sound of Winter Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Outstanding song. Its about a person who is being pulled in different directions by forces in his life. This is about his fight to stay true to himself. My take...
I can't believe that this song was #5 on the charts last I checked yet 1 response! My fav song on Sea of Memories is All Night Doctors,but this one is great to. Obviously, being that several years have gone by with no Bush, Gavin has matured, married, had children, ect. This song reflects his growth! He's got his head on strait! I think, "I don't want to lean on the waves" goes back to Swallowed. A reference to a passed life with drugs...I love the line "Medusa smiles,Judas lips" could Gavin be kissing another; I'll find out on Oct 13 when I go to their concert, I wish!...Still it always comes back to self control and one person he is willing to "walk through the fires" to find paradise with "in the golden sands."...What he wants ultimately is obtainable if he keeps priorities straight.
That's cause no one has any idea who it's by. When's the last time Bush did anything together? 2002 I think. <br /> <br /> Gotta say I did a Double Take myself when I found out the song was by Bush, I thought it was a similar sounding band with the same name for a second.
Gavin Rossdale's attempt to reconcile his stormy relationship with a girlfriend produces much of these lyrics. His references her and attempts to idolize her by forcing her, rhetorically, into his religious thoughts. Religion is paramount to his life and wishes things worked out with his girlfriend and wants her to "recompense" or pay back for his pain and metorphorically walk with him again and goes the length by ultimately walking into the "fire" or burn into oblivion as a showing of her love for him. Something she never showed him while they were together. She has to pay this price for breaking his heart and wants her to think like him. He thinks her heart is so unfeeling that "Winter" is the only thing that comes close to being as cold as her. No warmth, bleakness and desolation and hopes shes can hold on to any glimpse of normalness by getting a grip on herself by doing a little personal inventory and re-evaluating of her life and the way she is and should be according to him.
I think the song is referring to an attempt to come back from drug addiction. I don’t want to ride the waves of uncertainty anymore. Let’s get clean together. Together we will walk through fire to shake this heartache. It’s all in your face, I see you break. It’s a painful, yet cool, welcome change. It has to happen. Heroin, the bleeding love, the silent escape. Hold on, keep it together, it’s gonna hurt. I'm with you until the end.
To me this song is about getting past a bad patch in a relationship and coming out of it in a good place. The 1st set of lyrics are about getting himself together and doing the right things." head straight, screwed on, been screwed up for to long". "I don't want to lean on the waves" refers of not wanting to focus on the negative things and engery around them. "I think of you in starry skys" means he thinks of good times when he thinks of her and that keeps him going. "Let walk through the fire together, disappear into the golden sands." Lets face everything together and come out of it together and in a better place. "It's all in your face, I see you break" refers to the disappointment he see on her face. "the bleeding love, the silent escape" refers to heart break and not speaking about it. "you have to hang on to yourself" is just not letting the heart break and guilt destroy you. "Medusa smiles, Judas lips, Open arms and finger tips" is him luring her back in. "Love bites and recompense I'll be with you until the end" love is not always good. He wants to make amends and fix the relationship and be together forever. I also have to wonder if "Winter" doesn't refer to Gwen's song "Early Winter" that she wrote in 2006 about ending a relationship?
To bad it didn't work out for them I think he really loved her, he just keeping making bad desisions and thought she would keep forgiving him.
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