Smells on the air, see there it's crushing the final impression   The stains on the paper where words fell like water   Unearth all the changes that never did matter   I think it's beginning to freeze here      Caught in the rage and the fire of things   All the brightness that burns me   Fumbling through like a child in the dark   When the nakedness comes I am shocked by the color      The glorious weight of your skin      Comes alive and I never thought we'd make it back so soon   Might be nice but I knew you'd be your own destroyer   Comes a time and I always thought I'd make it up to you      Here please forgive me, could we escape? All the bitterness   Piled upon bitterness, held in the face of the things   That I don't understand, intellectualize over and over   This helplessness suits us, funny how quiet has slipped to our corners      Worn all our edges away you are watching, breathing   And baiting, wanting and warming, and cautiously waiting   For some simple signal to creep 'cross your conscience   Uncover redemption and oh, did I mention?      I carried you down to the St. Lawrence River   The banks running dirty, the water's beginning to freeze here      Solid by morning and I'll freeze here, winter by morning      Comes alive and I never thought you'd get me back so soon   Might be nice but it's only if my own destroyer   Comes alive and I always knew I'd make it up to you      Saw on your face such a curious grin   As I let go your hand, I was desperate to hold you again   But you're sinkin' so deep in the water   Outsmarted myself and so easily gave up what I wanted      Solid by morning, what I wanted, winter by morning      Comes alive and I never thought you'd make it up so soon   Might be nice but I always knew you're my destroyer   Comes a time and I always thought I'd make it up to you      Solid by morning and I'll freeze here, winter by morning