Lyrics
The only part of the story sung in English. The Latin echoes: glacies — ice; hiems venit — winter came; ex illa — from her; non flevit — she did not weep; numeravit — she counted; semper — always.
You never bowed
In a room of bent heads
You called me a name
That wasn't queen
Then you chose her
No crown on her head
Maybe that was it
Maybe that was it
And the winter came
It came from me
First the garden, then the wells
Then the open sea
I did not weep
I counted days
And the winter came
And the winter stayed
The servants lit more fires
The fires wouldn't take
They brought me furs and candles
I sent them all away
And the winter came
It came from me
First the garden, then the wells
Then the open sea
I did not weep
I counted days
The last warm word I ever spoke
Was your name
I've tried to say it since —
It doesn't come
(glacies…)
(hiems venit…)
And the winter came (Hiems venit)
It came from me (Ex illa… ex illa)
I did not weep (Non flevit)
I counted days (Numeravit… numeravit)
And the frost came down (Semper)
Like a wedding veil (Semper… semper)
They stopped saying my name
They started saying —
(Regina…)
(Regina…)
(Regina…)