on_ice

ON ICE
music and lyrics copyright 2006 by Stephen J. Deasy

I opened the cooler to get me a cold one
But the last bottle was gone
I looked at the ice and I froze in my tracks
Wondering what’s going on

Nothing had melted, no water to be seen,
What in the world could that possibly mean?
This cooler must me made out of some super insulating polystyrene

I shook my head once or twice
And put 12 more bottles on ice

Then I got to thinking I’m just like that caveman,
Trapped in the ice, frozen inside,
I reach out to no one, nobody gets near me
Turns out that ice is a good place to hide

I’m just like the guy in that Nowhere Man song,
I want to fit in but I just don’t belong
I think that I’m right and so everyone else must be wrong

A prisoner of my own device
My life is on ice

Open me up, let the warmth in,
Melt my ice fortress away
Bring me back to the living
Live for today

Sit down beside me, let’s share this moment
Pull me back in if I start to freeze out
While you’re here with me let me be fully present
I think that’s what this is all about

I’m through with pretending I’m somebody else
Dump out the ice, put the beer back on the shelf
Drop all the things that can stop me from showing you my true self

It brings pain, but it also adds spice
When you’re life is no longer on ice