Through the Ice

[Verse 1]
We were standing on a frozen river
Every step cracked beneath us
You held my name on a pedestal
I believed you meant forever

[Pre-Chorus]
I heard something under the surface
Like ice splitting slow
It wasn’t loud, it wasn’t violent
Just a sound I couldn’t unhear

[Chorus 1 – Fall / Shock]
Through the ice
The water pulls me silent
Every word I never said
Sinks me like shards of broken trust
Through the ice
I can see you moving above me
Like you don’t feel the frost
I’m not fighting the current
I’m sinking in what we had

[Verse 2]
My coat fills with frozen promises
They weigh me into the depths
I thought love was keeping warm
It’s just ice I couldn’t break

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I count the seconds in my chest
Like fractures in the glaze
Every breath I try to take
Just tastes like yesterday

[Chorus 2 – Realization / Heavy Weight]
Through the ice
And I finally let it be
You don’t hear me underneath you
That’s all the truth I need
Through the ice
The light bends farther off
My hands don’t feel like mine
I’m not rising from the cold
I’m running out of time

[Bridge]
All goes numb
Time stagnates
I stop kicking toward the surface
Let fate do its worst
If you didn't free me by then
You were never going to

[Violin Solo – Lost Hope, Realization]

[Chorus 3 – Acceptance / Release]
Through the ice
I watch the surface shimmer
Every echo of your name
Drifts away with the frozen tide
Through the ice
I see your shadow fade above me
The frost has claimed its space
I’m not struggling anymore
I’m letting it go

[Final Chorus – Echo of Release]
Through the ice
And I finally let it be
You don’t hear me underneath you
That’s all the truth I need
Through the ice
The light keeps bending farther off
My hands don’t feel like mine
I’m not dying from it all
I’m running out of time

[Echo / Closing]
Some things don’t pull you under…
...
…they just never pull you out.

Dark rock with goth-pop/goth 'n roll/new wave undertones, biting electric guitar, incredulous, male baritone