[lyrics by Andrew Buller, tune by suno.com - created in Canterbury, Kent - 25/1/25] [short instrumental] [slow build] [short instrumental] [intro] hear winter's whisper (hear winter's whisper) 'spring is coming spring is coming' o savour the flavour of anticipation the preparation for appreciation [short instrumental] [chorus] o winter, o winter o winter chorus stretch out before us your rays, your days your sounds that lengthen heart strings heart strings hope sings [short instrumental] [verse 1] o the joy of opening hearts that sing as the robin sings as the song thrush sings as the jenny wren sings as the chaffinch sings as the garden sings sings us back to life with thoughts of snowdrop purity and bluebell deity crocus calligraphy and daffodil divinity and o those tulips of hope on my two lips lingers hope [short instrumental] [chorus] o winter, o winter o winter chorus stretch out before us your rays, your days your sounds that lengthen heart strings heart strings hope sings [short instrumental] [verse 2] o the joy of opening hearts that sing as the sparrow sings as the blackbird sings as the collared dove sings as the goldfinch sings as the garden sings sings us back to life with thoughts of trees with open arms ready to receive their blossom their leaves their choirs their nests nests of feathered hope [short instrumental] [chorus] o winter, o winter o winter chorus stretch out before us your rays, your days your sounds that lengthen heart strings heart strings hope sings [short instrumental] [bridge] dark gives light its dance floor bare earth gives colour its canvas silence gives music its concert hall o the joy of opening hearts that sing sing for us all [short instrumental] [chorus] o winter, o winter o winter chorus stretch out before us your rays, your days your sounds that lengthen heart strings heart strings hope sings hope sings hope sings [chorus] o winter, o winter o winter chorus stretch out before us your rays, your days your sounds that lengthen heart strings heart strings hope sings hope sings hope sings