Song | First Reactions After Falling Through The Ice |
Artist | La Dispute |
Album | A Comp for Mom |
I knew it was far too late to walk out on the lake then | |
Halfway to the middle thawed I wasn’t doing all that great | |
Had I cut my hair short? | |
Had I grown my beard out long? | |
Had I gone to school or…? | |
Why do all my plans fall through? | |
There’s a leak in the basement | |
Stupid permanent estrangement | |
Casement windows need glazing | |
Hinges and arms need be replaced | |
All the way at the edge I said I think | |
That we should head back | |
What if now the ice cracked? | |
Think I felt it bend | |
We took opposite steps | |
Tried to even the stress | |
Picked a safe direction but | |
You never know the way the ice thins | |
Half-asleep in dreams where | |
Ceilings start collapsing | |
Free fall through the roof beams | |
Get startled back awake | |
Before you hit the pavement | |
Floor of the foundation | |
Water in the basement | |
Bodies in the lake | |
Don’t panic I could hear you saying as I fell through | |
Blackness complete down waiting till my feet touched ground | |
At the bottom they finally did | |
First reaction was this is it | |
Next thought was just stay calm kick up | |
And save your phone | |
Because I wanted to tell you | |
Because I thought you should know | |
Because I thought it might scare you | |
To see me under the ice | |
Make you remember you cared for me | |
What would you do if I died? | |
Would you fly out for my funeral? | |
Get too drunk at my wake? | |
Would you make a scene then? | |
Climb in and try to resuscitate me? | |
I was on the ice and I was underwater | |
I was getting pulled out, I was in my wet clothes | |
Stumble on the walk back, someone stoked the fire at camp | |
I was by the flames trying to get my body warm | |
I was standing naked checking to see if my phone still worked | |
I will cut my hair short | |
Trust me, I will | |
I will let my beard go | |
Trust me, I will | |
I will never tempt fate | |
Not once, I swear | |
I will never trust ice | |
I will never trust a thing |
I knew it was far too late to walk out on the lake then | |
Halfway to the middle thawed I wasn' t doing all that great | |
Had I cut my hair short? | |
Had I grown my beard out long? | |
Had I gone to school or? | |
Why do all my plans fall through? | |
There' s a leak in the basement | |
Stupid permanent estrangement | |
Casement windows need glazing | |
Hinges and arms need be replaced | |
All the way at the edge I said I think | |
That we should head back | |
What if now the ice cracked? | |
Think I felt it bend | |
We took opposite steps | |
Tried to even the stress | |
Picked a safe direction but | |
You never know the way the ice thins | |
Halfasleep in dreams where | |
Ceilings start collapsing | |
Free fall through the roof beams | |
Get startled back awake | |
Before you hit the pavement | |
Floor of the foundation | |
Water in the basement | |
Bodies in the lake | |
Don' t panic I could hear you saying as I fell through | |
Blackness complete down waiting till my feet touched ground | |
At the bottom they finally did | |
First reaction was this is it | |
Next thought was just stay calm kick up | |
And save your phone | |
Because I wanted to tell you | |
Because I thought you should know | |
Because I thought it might scare you | |
To see me under the ice | |
Make you remember you cared for me | |
What would you do if I died? | |
Would you fly out for my funeral? | |
Get too drunk at my wake? | |
Would you make a scene then? | |
Climb in and try to resuscitate me? | |
I was on the ice and I was underwater | |
I was getting pulled out, I was in my wet clothes | |
Stumble on the walk back, someone stoked the fire at camp | |
I was by the flames trying to get my body warm | |
I was standing naked checking to see if my phone still worked | |
I will cut my hair short | |
Trust me, I will | |
I will let my beard go | |
Trust me, I will | |
I will never tempt fate | |
Not once, I swear | |
I will never trust ice | |
I will never trust a thing |