La Dispute — First Reactions After Falling Through the Ice
INTRO:
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I knew it was far too late to
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Walk out on the lake then
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Halfway-to-the-middle thawed
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I wasn't doing all that great
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Had I cut my hair short?
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Had I grown my beard out long?
Em
Had I gone to school or...?
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Why do all my plans fall through?
Am
There's a leak in the basement
Am
Stupid permanent estrangement
Am
Casement windows need glazing
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Hinges and arms need be replaced
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All the way at the edge
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I said, "I think that we should head back.
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What if now the ice cracked?
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I think I felt it bend"
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We took opposite steps
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Tried to even the stress
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Picked a safe direction but
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You never know the way the ice thins
Dm
Half-asleep in dreams where
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Ceilings start collapsing
Am
Free fall through the roof beams
Am
Get startled back awake
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Before you hit the pavement
C
Floor of the foundation
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Water in the basement
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Bodies in the lake
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"Don't panic," I could hear you
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Saying as I fell through
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Blackness complete down
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Waiting till my feet touched ground
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At the bottom, they finally did
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First reaction was, "This is it"
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Next thought was, "Just stay calm,
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Kick up, and save your phone"
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'Cause I wanted to tell you...
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And I thought you should know...
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Because I thought it might scare you
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To see me under the ice
Am
Make you remember you cared for me
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What would you do if I died?
Dm
Would you fly out for my funeral?
C
Get too drunk at my wake?
Am
Would you make a scene, then
Am
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Climb in and try to resuscitate me?
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I was on the ice and
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I was underwater
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I was getting pulled out
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I was in my wet clothes
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Stumble on the walk back
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Am
Someone stoked the fire at camp
Am
I was by the flames
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Trying to get my body warm
Dm
I was standing naked
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Checking to see if my phone still worked
Dm
I will cut my hair short
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Trust me
Am
I will; I will let my beard go
Am
Trust me
C
I will; I will never tempt fate
C
Not once
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I swear, I will never trust ice
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I will never trust a thing
OUTRO (can also be played as Am the whole time):
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