Ice and Water

I was born within water Into a river that flows It goes off down and on (and on) I look, I look for myself In this mud, in this dirt But where can I find my self When everything's in flux? I breath, not air, heavier I don't feel, like drowning, at all I see all that was, and is Yet somehow, I can't see ahead, now I can't tell where I am going But I can tell how it's like It's full of regret and despair It's so dark and there's no air And around me I hear whispers But are those also mine - I think so As my weak thoughts slip away Can't stop I'm dreaming awake Going with the flow of reality The dream logic messes with me Can't shake the cold, I'm shivering Look at me, and back to me One with the ice and the water One with the ice in the water [elision] I am the ice in the water But the cold is good it blankets Like a warm, motherly womb But the silence is good it blankets Like a cold, motherly womb But mother's voice is good it blankets, In a quiet, neighbourly tongue The sleepiness is good it blankets me, Inside a peaceful, watery tomb [instrumental solo] And around me I hear whispers But are those also mine - I think so As my weak thoughts slip away Can't stop I'm dreaming awake I've found, I've found myself I'm back to where I was born I am found, where I was lost But the water is good it blankets Like a gentle, motherly womb And the darkness is good it blankets Like a final, watery tomb I was born and melted Like ice in the water... I am the ice in the water... One with the ice and the water One with the ice in the water [elision] I am the ice in the water But the cold is good it blankets Like a warm, motherly womb But the silence is good it blankets Like a cold, motherly womb But mother's voice is good it blankets, In a quiet, neighbourly tongue The sleepiness is good it blankets me, Inside a peaceful, watery tomb [instrumental solo] And around me I hear whispers But are those also mine - I think so As my weak thoughts slip away Can't stop I'm dreaming awake I've found, I've found myself I'm back to where I was born I am found, where I was lost But the water is good it blankets Like a gentle, motherly womb And the darkness is good it blankets Like a final, watery tomb I was born and melted Like ice in the water... I am the ice in the water...