Oh the news you bring How it changes things I could say it'll be all right But I don't mean it right now The hospital lights up and everyone comes back They're here for the coming thaw and cracks in the ice From cracks in the ice The deer and I will stay to witness the beauty of petrified trees caught in the freeze Every mile is numb They captured everyone warming our hands in the candlelight The power went out We walked around the house trying to find a bed To quiet our heads And listen for cracks in the ice We part a branch to find Our world's been crystallized And some of the ones you see are the ones who snare your dreams And some of those fallen things are strangely comforting to me The deer and I will stay to witness the beauty Suspended in still life no matter how scary And every mile is numb We captured everyone warming our hands in the candlelight The power went out We walked around the house trying to find a bed To quiet our heads