My friend, my friend,

I see you struggling so,

Yeah your eyes are growing colder,

And they’re not the ones I used to know,

My friend, my friend,

I wasn't right in the head,

I was looking through the letters I sent,

And here’s what they said:

Do you miss when we were shoulder and shoulder?

And was it hard to see me severing ties?

Yeah, As my heart grows colder and colder,

Oh, How does it feel to be shoveling ice?

It goes on to say,

Hard to read, but,

I’m paraphrasing, anyway:

And I feel you-

Hack, hack, hacking away

And I feel the pain of not remembering

What I’m supposed to say,

Deep down you know I’m grateful,

And how I never meant to send you away,

But you know I’m still defrosting,

And you’re the fire at the end of a cold, cold day,

Do you miss when we were shoulder and shoulder?

And was it hard to see me severing ties?

Yeah, As my heart grows colder and colder,

Oh, How does it feel to be shoveling ice?

My friend, my friend,

My soul was at an end,

And if it wasn’t for you hand,

Nothing in me would mend,

My friend, my friend,

You broke the universe and made it bend,

Did the impossible and saved my head,

From sinking down to the ocean bed,

And why can’t I

do the same to save ya?

Why can’t I?

Why can’t I return the favor and repay ya?

Then I read your letter this morning,

And my heart sank to my gut,

I swear the snow stopped falling,

As my jaw clenched shut,

You wrote:

(You wrote)

Yeah you wrote;

Do you miss when we were shoulder and shoulder?

And was it hard to see me severing ties?

Yeah, As my heart grows colder and colder,

Oh, How does it feel to be shoveling ice?

You know I’ll never tire of shoveling ice

You know, oh,

Never, oh, never, oh, never, ever, ever-

I’ll never get tired,

So long as the warmth comes back.