I’d Like to Rule the Ice Age

A thousand years of winter
And when the sun is finally back
I can’t remove the splinter
Because my teeth are painted black
A river here, an ocean there
I've chosen waters frozen

I’d like to rule the ice age
Where no one’s young and no one’s old
Take my place on the white stage
I walked for miles through hellish cold
A shelter here, a fire there
Conclusion or delusion?

Cold kiss, not a thing I miss
Seeing out my days in the sweeping memories of bliss
Cold kiss, never dream of this
I’m losing all my memories, no time to reminisce

They’re burning effigies of me
I know just what I have to be
As I answer the call of the ice age

My mother was a human, before the world became so cool
She smoked a dozen Cubans, before she picked me up from school
Will you survive when I’m not there?
I wander through the thunder

The dogs will call me onward
Across the bridge of frozen sea
I listen for the song but it sounds as its too late for me
And no one cares and no one’s there
I wander full of asunder

Cold kiss, not a thing I miss
Seeing out my days in the sweeping memories of bliss
Cold kiss, never dream of this
I’m losing all my memories, no time to reminisce

They’re burning effigies of me
I know just what I have to be
As I answer the call of the ice age