Windchill

I was born in a city, yeah, where the wind-chill could kill ya

And frostbite the smile off your face when it grills ya

So naturally learn to make it out in the cold

And carve emotion into ice blocks hidden in the snow

And it shows, king of the winter, bitter and froze

With a head full of blackouts, breaking through the ropes

And I choke at every little punch I've tried to throw

With the devil hovered over me, telling me where to go

Go home and die where the heart is

Life has been a series of goodbyes I've been fighting to depart with

And hardships, shot down and buried in the marshes

With nothing but a love letter stapled to my carcass

Identify me, feel I'm too far gone

See the look inside your eyes when the blues song's on

So sing all of it, try to harmonize me when I'm wrong

'Cause at this point, I'm barely holding on, come on

Oh, it's a cold, cold world we face

With miles of frozen

Road that I drove down on my way

I'm as cold as snow

Falling slowly to the ground

All around you

Black ice forming on the tongue, this is just another part of life

That'll melt in the sunshine and freeze overnight

I was built for the blizzard and lived with the ice

And smothered every flame that I ever tried to ignite

'Cause of comfort, wrapped up in a blanket made of snow

Chipping off the frozen condensation on my bones

And I can feel it in the morning when it blows

And it rifles through the streets like a bullet from the cold

And I know it, feel it on a first-name basis

And laugh at the games that it plays with my patience

'Cause I've been looking at the world through a glacier

And know what it's like to be hopelessly underrated

And sick, skating the water under the bridge

With a shivering image of what a fine life is

'Cause I've been fishing at this lake since a kid

And know exactly where to walk when the ice gets thin, come on

Oh, it's a cold, cold world we face

With miles of frozen

Road that I drove down on my way

I'm as cold as snow