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 Unchosen 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 sweet ignorance of bliss, Cold kiss, never dreamed of this, I'm losing all my memories, no time to reminisce, They're burning effigies of me I know just what I want 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 pull me onward Across the bridge of frozen sea I listen for the song bird That sound says it's too late for me And no one cares when no ones there Beholder for the soldier