Four Letter Word

I was out in the cold and my heart it was froze,
Pierced by a splinter of the wild winds of winter,
So there I made my how, on winters bone,
Bitterness and heartache were my only friends.

Because I had never learnt, however much you hurt,
You can't treat love like a four letter word.

Was it stubbornness or fear that kept me waiting here,
In the whitewashed skies full over windswept tears,
But I held that line, and as time passed by,
Eventually all winters will have their time and die.

But I had never learnt, however much you hurt,
You can't treat love like a four letter word.

Now the winters depths can be cold and harsh,
And its icy touch can burn your heart,
But the world it turned and the sun grew warm,
And I felt the touch of springs first thaw.

Now I'm laid out in the sun, like my life begun,
Bitterness and heartache are now my long lost friends,
And those white washed skies are a faded memory,
Because, You brought the sun,
yes you brought the sun and showed me the way.

Now I've learnt, however much you hurt,
You don't treat love like a four letter word,
Yes, however much I hurt, now I've learnt,
You don't treat love like a four letter word,
No, You don't treat love like a four letter word,
You don't treat love... like a four letter word.