Frost and Fire
Frost and Fire: Unveiling Life's Contrasts in Love and Dreams
Lyrics
You take the name of a man you hardly know
You use the name of a man you barely know
and then you grow up and that name has to go
As you grow older, you outgrow that name
married with kids and they don't want to know
Married with children, but they are indifferent to your past dreams
about the dreams you had let go
Your abandoned dreams are ignored
You're still waiting for a knight in shining armour
Still expecting a knight in shining armor to rescue you against your will
to steal you against your will
While waiting, not causing harm, but with plenty of time to spare
and while you're waiting and doing no harm
Knowing there's time to kill
you know there's plenty of time to kill
Your statement of not wanting to change a day makes the speaker question their own choices
when you say you wouldn't change a day
The speaker wonders where they went wrong
makes me wonder where I went astray
Content with things that leave the speaker feeling exhausted; a contrast like Frost and Fire
satisfied with things that leave me tired we're as unlike as Frost and Fire
(Repetition) Emphasizing the disparity in satisfaction and temperament between the speaker and the subject
And now yourself you start to see in me
The subject begins to see aspects of themselves in the speaker
pictures of things you could've been
Imagining the possibilities they could have pursued
torches I find I am bearing for you
The speaker carries torches (burdens) for the subject
when you know you could've carried them too
The subject could have carried those burdens themselves
we give up so easily what little they leave us to lose
We give up easily on what little we have to lose
and if I didn't have the fire to struggle
If the speaker didn't have the fire to struggle, they could freeze the subject's shoes (bring them to a standstill)
I could freeze your shoes
(Repetition) The subject's statement about not changing a day raises questions about the speaker's choices
when you say you wouldn't change a day
Wondering where the speaker went astray
makes me wonder where I went astray
Content with things that leave the speaker feeling exhausted; a contrast like Frost and Fire
satisfied with things that leave me tired
(Repetition) Emphasizing the disparity in satisfaction and temperament between the speaker and the subject
We're as unlike as Frost and Fire
(Repetition) Concluding that they are as different as Frost and Fire
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