Alaska

As the winds begin to rise

And the calm turns to the storm

Stay by my side and I’ll keep you warm

As the tides begin to change

And everything’s left unarranged

We shut the door, but it opens more and more

My skin pale as moonlight, dying from frostbite

With nowhere left to go

On this freezing winter night, I won’t make it inside

So bury me under the snow

Bury me under the snow

So my fingers dance and my body twirls

As I start to lose my grip on this world

When my spirit lifts and my laurels furl

I’ll melt the seasons down, so watch me swirl

As I sink into the whorl

One of these days you’ll look back and say

“I wish I would have walked the other way”

And one of these nights you’ll run and hide

In this cold dark world you’ve made

To cut me down inside

Leave me to lie in the snow ‘til die

And I’ll watch it fall out of view

So you take what is mine

When the Sun won’t shine on you

Won’t shine on you

In our alaskan homes we weather the cold forever

Trying to ignite a spark with sticks and stones together

Never having much luck, we just seem to be stuck in the cold

Now the blizzard advances, we never got our chances to grow old

One of these days you’ll look back and say

“I wish I would have walked the other way”

And one of these nights you’ll run and hide

In this cold dark world you’ve made

To cut me down inside

To cut me down inside