It’s Ice

By Phish

On Rift

Released on February 2, 1993

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[Verse 1]

I press on the elastic sheet, I'm breathing through a slice

"Are they worms or are they serpents?" bubbles through the ice

The source was quite invisible, the ever-present voice

While skating, both legs tracing different shapes, I made my choice

I'm mimicking the image in whose radiance I bask

I'm tied to him, or him to me, depending who you ask

Nonetheless reluctantly, reflections tumble in

I slide with all the others on the wrong side of the skin


[Chorus]

He's fallen on the ice, it cracks

Will he plunge in and join me here?

He meets my eyes, to my surprise

He laughs in full light of my frown

My double wants to pull me down


[Verse 2]

Slipping on the friction slide, my skin peels to the bone

The flesh I leave behind is something that is not my own

I beg my mirror image for a moment with my soul

He's leaning back, time to attack, it's me who's in control

And every move I make he's got a hand up just in time

He's throwing several punches, and he's blocking most of mine

Defeated now, I sulk and squirm in mud with frozen mice

Waiting, calculating 'til he ventures on the ice


[Chorus]

He's fallen on the ice, it cracks

Will he plunge in and join me here?

He meets my eyes, to my surprise

He laughs in full light of my frown

My double wants to pull me down


[Instrumental Break]

Ow!


[Chorus]

He's fallen on the ice, it cracks

Will he plunge in and join me here?

He meets my eyes, to my surprise

He laughs in full light of my frown

My double wants to pull me down

He's fallen on the ice, it cracks

Will he plunge in and join me here?

He meets my eyes, to my surprise

He laughs in full light of my frown

My double wants to pull me down