Song Description
Permafrost is a song about giving up. It explores depression and lends itself to the possibility of one final act by the author. The road to despair is outlined vividly in an attempt to explain the true mind set of a lost soul.
| Song Length |
3:39 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Moving, Depressing |
| Subject |
Sadness, Loneliness |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
'Permafrost' by Michael Cook; performed by Open Till Midnight
Can't seem to make it right
I only think clearly when know one else is around.
I got no reason to start.
I got no getaway car.
Looks like I'm stuck in the middle,
I'm hollowed out by now.
Can't do what I used to do,
Wasting alone.
I need a reason to live
When all my reasons are gone.
Some bonds, they're rooted to deep
They can't be sold for what their worth.
It's cold at night...
No heat just permafrost,
Can't speak so I'm giving up.
Shadows turn to smoke,
And it won't be long till you see my ghost.
Scream Loud!
Remember my name.
Even though all I touch I break,
At the wake, say I kind word for me.
Eyes close, hands fold, lie down, eternally yours.
Eternally yours.
Will stress alleviate if I should leave this place?
Quit playing in the maze if you're alone.
Broken bones and sticks and stones
Have took my words
So know one heard...
I traded ashes for ashes,
So I must fall down!
Fly me out to the moon
So I can see my life
Through the darkness of space,
Oh I might, just might,
Rock the stage again.
So return me for what I'm worth...
Just dirt in the Earth.
No heat just permafrost,
Can't speak so I'm giving up.
Shadows turn to smoke,
And it won't be long till you see my ghost.
Scream Loud!
Remember my name.
Even though all I touch I break,
At the wake, say I kind word for me.
Eyes close, hands fold, lie down, eternally yours.
Eternally yours.
No heat just permafrost,
Can't speak so I'm giving up.
Shadows turn to smoke and it won't be long
It won't be long...
With no heat just permafrost,
Can't speak so I'm giving up.
Shadows turn to smoke,
And it won't be long till you see my ghost.
Scream Loud!
Remember my name.
Even though all I touch I break,
At the wake, say I kind word for me.
Eyes close, hands fold, lie down, eternally yours.
Eternally yours.