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Our second song. This one began with me. I wrote the lyrics at work one day, before it became freezing cold, no less, and brought them to Lynnie. We eventually got around to working on it, and the melody for the verses actually came from her, and the rest of the song sort of evolved naturally from there. As mentioned elsewhere, I write very different types of lyrics than Lyn does, so this song is pretty different from the other in that way. Lots of cleverness and puns. We decided to just record a more full version of the song, rather than a stripped down demo version. The weird pseudo-harpsichordy sound is actually the keyboard's slap bass played a few octaves too high.

Lyrics:
Have you ever seen me walking in the moonlight?
I do it sometimes when I know you've lied
It makes me tremble, stinging from the cold's bite
But far warmer than when I'm by your side
Far colder than an ice cube in a freezer
Your heart lies beating slowly in your chest
A shivering Cratchet to your Ebeneezer
Denied the second lump my love requests

A burning blaze in your icy gaze
Would flicker out, the ember dying in a rush
The smoldering ash frozen in a flash
Your clammy cheeks don’t even bother with a phony frozen blush

You leave me cold
When I come to you burning
You cool me down when you're around
With calculated spurning
Oh please don't freeze me out
I have no doubt
When you're about
You leave me cold

I often huddle up inside my blanket
Attempting vainly not to catch my death
You took my toasty center and you shrank it
By whisp'ring to me in your frosty breath
Italian Ice has nothing on your glances
A Popsicle has nothing on your pout
I took up smoking to warm up my chances
But still one word from you will put me out

Your freezing cold has me in its hold
Your icy tendrils wrapping right around my heart
But I can't cry, tears freeze in my eyes
Like liquid nitrogen your love pumps in and smashes me apart

You leave me cold
When I come to you burning
You cool me down when you're around
With calculated spurning
Oh please don't freeze me out
I have no doubt
When you're about
You leave me…

Colder than an iceberg, the expression on your face
But I'd rather die in freezing water than live in your embrace

Everywhere we go it's always gently snowing
I feel it on my flesh, all bare and raw
I was told when I'm in love I'd simply know it
I'm sure that's true, but for one simple flaw
I doubt I'll know a thing until I thaw…

You leave me cold
When I come to you burning
You cool me down when you're around
With calculated spurning
Oh please don't freeze me out
I have no doubt
When you're about
You leave me cold
When I come to you burning
You cool me down when you're around
With calculated spurning
Oh please don't freeze me out
I have no doubt
When you're about
You leave me cold