What is winter

Verse 1

Why are our winters so cold?

Why does the sun go home so soon?

I haven’t even made it home

And only the cold wind waits for me

By morning, frost has claimed the glass

I cannot face the bedroom floor

The Earth just leans a little bit

What am I wearing all these layers for?

Chorus

Just a little tilt—twenty-three point four

Just that little tilt, and here we go

Summer comes and winter follows

Changing clothes to suit the show

Just a little tilt—twenty-three point four

Now even daylight gets cut short

I understand the reason why

But knowing doesn’t keep me warm

Verse 2

Carbon dioxide won’t bring us summer

It’s the tilt and solar radiation that turn the year

The higher sun, the longer days

How I miss them when it’s cold out here

Try San Francisco in the summer

Go in nothing but a T-shirt

You’ll regret it—that place is freaking cold!

That ocean breeze goes straight through your shirt

Bridge

The ocean keeps the winter mild

But deep inland, there’s no such shield

The sun hangs low, cold air sweeps in

Without the sea to ease the chill

Twenty-three point four one way

The other way, it’s sixty-six point six

What a wonderfully easy and evil number to remember

And that angle brings the winter in

North of sixty-six point six

There come days the sun won’t rise

What a terrifying thought

No morning sun before your eyes

Final Chorus

Just a little tilt—twenty-three point four

Just that little tilt, and here I am

Longing for a little sunlight

Counting days till spring again

Just a little tilt—twenty-three point four

I know the Earth must have its way

But sunshine, won’t you stay a while?

A little longer here today

Outro

I grumble at the tilted Earth

Then fold my hands before the sun

No wonder people called you God

Please show your face when morning comes