This house by the sea, talks to me, like it did before 
But you are not the same, you don’t speak my name, anymore 
We walk the winding stairs, to separate rooms, separate chairs 
October twenty three, another day, you pull away, from me 

What happened in September? I can’t remember, when it changed 
All my precious dreams and all my furnishings have been rearranged 
Like a fire without heat, I feel obsolete, I feel so lost 
My body is a chill, my touch is winterkill, my kiss is frost 

CHORUS: Cold, so cold, I leave you cold, leave you so cold 
Gone are dreams of us growing old, growing old, growing old 

October twenty four, I walk the shore, of the Baltic Sea 
The waves keep rolling on, and then they’re gone, just like your love for me 
You sit alone, you think alone, when I come near you turn to stone 
You close every door I open, and my name, still remains, unspoken 

You sleep, you softly inhale, you exhale, I see your breath 
Silently I lie awake, I feel my heart will break, but I’m as still as death 
Memories fill the gloom, run across the room, like noiseless mice 
The bed is rigid, this house is frigid, and I am - ice 

CHORUS: Cold, so cold, I leave you cold, leave you so cold 
Gone are dreams of us growing old, growing old, growing old 

October twenty five, it seems that I’ve, lost another day 
You’re pacing to and fro, by the piano, I used to play 
There was a time the world was right, I made music for you in the night 
Now the world has come undone, I touch the keys, and you freeze, like it’s a gun 

The notes that my fingers play, take me far away, to a world that’s black 
Memories that enslave and 40 feet of wave, they come rushing back 
I swam alone in the night, far from sight, a fool so bold 
A secret rendezvous with the deep blue that turned me - 

CHORUS: Cold, so cold, So cold, I’m the Baltic Sea 
A dream you’ll never hold, a tale told, a ghost story 


3rd PART: My fingers lose their way, I hear the song still play, and you speak my name 
I step from the piano, into shadow and you do the same 
In the shadow, in the night, I wash over you like moonlight 
You put your arms around me, and you shiver, like I’m a river, or the sea 

One, two, three, one, two, three, dance with me 
In the cold, cold house by the sea 
One, two, three, one, two, three, dance with me 
In the cold, cold house by the sea 
One, two, three, one, two, three, dance with me 
In the cold, cold house by the sea 


October twenty nine, we’ve lost so much time, I don’t know the year 
I know you’re growing old, I know you’re cold, ‘cause I am near 
Once upon a time, our love followed a paradigm 
Now it all brand new, yet it’s old and it’s cold, and it’s true 

This house by the sea, talks to me, like in the past 
But you are not the same, you forgot your name, and you’re fading fast 
I feel a wintry chill, then you go still, like time has froze 
A light fills your eyes, then it dies, and the wind blows 

CHORUS: Cold, So cold, so cold, but now you’re free 
Come home, your body’s old, your story’s told, come away with me 

October is done, we’re both so young, in this new story 
Your arm around my waist, as we embrace in the house by the sea – so cold 

(music and lyrics by M. James)