degrees below zero

music and lyrics by j. baugher

Bm Em7 A D

trudging 'cross Antarctica, skipping through the snow

[through the snow]

footsteps, what's left of you, bereft of you

but pretty soon they'll blow away and what remains

is 2 stains on the path

[don't look back]

1 hundred eighty-2 consecutive

"good morning"s with no sun

[sounds like fun]

frostbite's delight invites my fingertips

to atrophy, succumb and crumble til i stumble

down and i can't rise

[no surprise]

so close to freezing, close to death it seems

i've gotten close to you

[skin's turned blue]

pale skin envelops me so stealthily

and all i have to do is lie down next to you

entangled in your touch

[hurts so much]

     CHORUS

     Bm D A

     our words failed to form

     our lips cemented shut [hours] ago

     have we been here before?

     but i can't even stutter out your name

     before i fall into a hypothermic slumber underneath your shadow

sleepwalking 'cross antarctica

me and my wendigo

through the snow

[we go]

our dreams recede we won't be needing them

for pretty soon we'll all forget and won't regret

not doing what we've done

[or not done]

4 thousand 3 hundred and sixty-8

dark hours with no light

[can't be right]

1 little shine is all i'm pining for

a tiny speck of sunlight to ignite and shimmer down

on me and you

[and we'll live through]

     CHORUS [days]