On occasion the silence breaks
It no longer hides its voice
On occasion I feel that weight
But it might just be white noise
Confident yet confused
Those memories
Checked out long ago
An infinite spiral of decisions
A place we used to go
You won't quite know when
The final words will be said
Freeze and thaw again
Freeze and thaw again
Overwhelmed by anecdotes
And some partial truth
Only one of us will follow all the rules
Tolerant yet controlled
Those daydreams
Checked out too soon
Are we still offered
Protection by the moon
Cut ribbons in a landfill
Expired model posing on a scale
The lows no longer crushing us
Like flowers in the hail
They demolished that house
And closed the park
And lost your letters
And painted over the art
And forgot your number
And the statue is gone
They closed that bar
And they moved on
They renamed that shop
And deleted the old maps
And threw out our data
And left weeds in the cracks
And discontinued your show
And let the colors fade
Took it all for granted
Until it was too late
Freeze and thaw again
Freeze and thaw again