[intro - 6 bars masterful blue score guitar solo] [Verse 1 – "The Snowman"] I learned to stand in bitter wind, To see love’s ghost with a mind of frost. Your voice was quiet as a thought that sinned, And every heartbeat counted cost. The trees were bare, the skies were stone, You never called me yours alone. I saw the world the way it ends— A stillness only loss defends. [Pre-Chorus] You wore December like a veil, I reached for warmth and touched the pale. [Chorus – Dual Voice Begins] Will it end in fire, or die in ice? (Either way, I’ll watch you pay the price) Would you burn me once or freeze me twice? (I kept your dagger sharp and nice) I kissed your mouth and tasted void, (You kissed to conquer, then destroyed) A love too bright, a world destroyed. (You smiled while setting it alight) No heaven left, no hell to go— (You built this hell and called it home) Just ash and snow, just ash and snow. (I curse your name in every stone) [Verse 2 – "Fire and Ice"] Some say desire will light the fuse, But colder hearts are quick to bruise. Your flame was brief, your silence long, A funeral dressed in a lover’s song. You touched my face and left a scar, I chased your shadow where you are. The snowman in me saw it clear: You loved the absence, not the near. [Pre-Chorus] You looked at me like empty space, I held a fire you won't replace. [Chorus – Dual Voice Continues] Will it end in fire, or die in ice? (I'll laugh while watching love collapse twice) Would you burn me once or freeze me twice? (You played god, now roll the dice) I kissed your mouth and tasted void, (That void you made, that joy you toyed) A love too bright, a world destroyed. (I fed it poison, overjoyed) No heaven left, no hell to go— (You dragged me low, I love you so) Just ash and snow, just ash and snow. (Hate still grows where cold winds blow) [Bridge – Whispered/Spoken] The mind that watches snow descend Knows all desire comes to end. The heart that waits where frost has grown Is not a heart, but carved from stone. [Final Chorus – Slowed, Desperate, and Damned] So let it end in fire—or die in ice, (I'll fan the flames, I’ll crack the ice) Both ways, I pay the same cruel price. (And I collect what's owed in vice) You were the storm I couldn’t flee, (You were the rot inside of me) Now all that’s left is memory. (Now all that's left is what you’ll bleed) A single name I’ll never know… (A single lie I’ll never show) Ash and snow. (Hate and woe.) Ash and snow. (You reap what grows.) [outro - 6 bars, [reverbed high-gain electric guitars, legato playing]
