This song is about false hope and how beautiful and natural raw emotion is. False hope may be a form of sadness, but it is still human emotion and is therefore beautiful and pure. Jones compares these experiences to what he believes goes through a fish’s mind when it gets caught by a fisherman.
Ice fishing at night
What a wonderful sight
Fish come out of hibernation
And swim up towards the light
The blubber lanterns lure them
Brighter than the moon
They swim up to face the gaffer hook
And the sharp harpoon
Thinking that it's springtime
Thinking that it's dawn
Think that it will soon
Be time to spawn
Ice fishing at night
What a wonderful sight
Ice fishing at night
Ice fishing at night
Ice Fishing at Night was written by Peter Blegvad & John Paul Jones.
Ice Fishing at Night was produced by John Paul Jones.
John Paul Jones released Ice Fishing at Night on Mon Jan 01 2001.