RAYE
Winter Woman. lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2026
- Genre
- Pop, R&B
- Length
- 4:21
Picture me, I am a silhouette
I am a sob story, standing in the rain in a summer dress
Only so much the heart can take
I thought he had plans to love me, but it seems I made a grave mistake
Watching them from far away
He wrapped his arms I'd die to live inside around her perfect little tiny waist
A sucker punch into my chest
I'll see myself out, I'm going home to cry in private by Uber Exec
Don't call me, you can send a text
And pull up at this petrol station, please, so I can buy a pack of cigarettes
I'm crying in a stranger's car
Have fun with Alice at the bar
Maybe I'll become the Queen of Hearts
Cold girls get by, cold girls won't cry
I'll become the Winter Woman
I'll wear floor-length fake-fur coats in the middle of July, baby
I'll be sad and beautiful
I will be sad and beautiful
And I'll wait and pray for warmer days to come
Until then, I'm numb and
Life goes on, life goes on
She gets her money, then a taxi home
She hunt alone, hurts alone
In her castle on the hill, where no one comes or no one goes
Yeah, and her heart is blue (mm), dress is red (mm)
Your text is green and left on read
Yeah, just like roses, violets are blue
Regret is a bitch, I have a feeling you'll be meeting her soon
Picture me, I am a silhouette
I am a sob story, standing in the rain in a summer dress
I know I won't be sad forever
Tonight, I kiss the bottle on the lips, since desperate times require desperate pleasure
I don't need another friend
Pull up at this petrol station, please, so I can buy a large bottle of gin
Crying in a stranger's car
Have fun with Alice at the bar
Baby, I'll become the Queen of Hearts
Cold girls get by, cold girls won't cry
I'll become the Winter Woman
I'll wear floor-length fake-fur coats in the middle of July (baby)
I'll be sad and beautiful (baby)
I will be sad and beautiful
And I'll wait and pray for warmer days to come
(Now he must watch her walk)
Now watch her walk in slow-motion, watch her walking away
Her hair will dance in the wind, she'll be the girl you wish you had
Give me a night to cry my heart out, and a day to re-brand
As I remind myself I am the girl I think that I am
She keep it pushing, sadness suppression
She hides her scars under silk presses and crimson dresses
No more paragraph confessions (yes), she learned her lessons (yes)
An arctic breeze blows from the west
She vows an oath to make her name a word you won't forget
(Until then) life goes on (and then)
Life, life goes on
There'll be no more paragraph confessions
She vows an oath to make her name a word you won't forget
Picture me, I am a silhouette
I am a sob story, standing in the rain in a summer dress
Only so much the heart can take
I thought he had plans to love me, but it seems I made a grave mistake
Watching them from far away
He wraps his arms I'd die to live inside around her perfect little tiny waist
A sucker punch into my chest
Tonight, I kiss the bottle on the lips, since desperate times require desperate pleasures
I don't need another friend
Pull up at this petrol station, please, so I can buy a pack of cigarettes
Crying in a stranger's car
Have fun with Alice at the bar
As I become the Queen of Hearts
Cold girls get by, cold girls won't cry
I'll become the Winter Woman
And I'll wear floor-length fake-fur coats in the middle of July (baby)
I'll be sad and beautiful (baby)
I will be sad and beautiful
And I'll wait and pray for warmer days to come
Until then, I know that
Life goes on (baby), life goes on
She gets her money, then a- (baby)
Life, life, go-go-go-go-go-go- (baby)
On and on, and on, and on, and on (baby)
Life goes on (baby), life goes on
She gets her money, then a taxi home
Life goes on
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Key vocabulary
- silhouette
- dark outline
- grave
- serious and importantB2
- waist
- middle of body
- sucker
- person who is fooled
- chest
- front part of the bodyB1
- i'm
- I amC2
- cry
- shed tears; weepA2
- uber
- ridesharing app
- exec
- top manager
- don't
- do notA1
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About this song
RAYE is a British South London singer-songwriter born Rachel Agatha Keen. She works across contemporary pop, R&B, dancehall, and gospel and is known for her debut album My 21st Century Blues and charting hits such as “Escapism.”