[Verse 1] Woke up and the world was white Nothing but snow on the glass The power died sometime in the night Don't know how long this'll last No movement on the frozen street No sound except my breath Thirty-six inches fell while I slept And silence sounds like death [Pre-Chorus] They swore that this would never come They swore that we'd be fine But records break when no one's watching And now we're out of time [Chorus] Thirty-six inches deep Buried in the white Thirty-six inches deep But we'll burn through the night Just dig your way to someone That's all you've gotta do Thirty-six inches deep We'll pull each other through [Verse 2] I crawled out through the basement glass Dug through a frozen wall Found her wrapped in everything she had No one had come to call When she saw me at her window Tears froze upon her face "I thought I was forgotten" I said "Not in this place" [Pre-Chorus] They promised help was on its way They promised we'd survive But sometimes help is just a neighbor Who remembers you're alive [Chorus] Thirty-six inches deep Buried in the white Thirty-six inches deep But we'll burn through the night Just dig your way to someone That's all you've gotta do Thirty-six inches deep We'll pull each other through [Bridge] Not everyone saw morning light An engine left to run But for every soul the cold took down A hundred hands reached out as one [Final Chorus] Thirty-six inches deep We're digging our way home Thirty-six inches deep Nobody walks alone When they finally break through to us We'll be standing side by side Thirty-six inches deep But alive, still alive
