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Ice Cold Ice Lyrics
Barren lands and barren minds
In another place and time
I feel I've never known myself
Frozen in the sand again
See the blank expressions waiting for progression
They're standing still in place and time
And no one's moving, they're only
Standing still in ice cold ice cold ice
All machines and all are one
Catching up on what's been done
Stealing glimpses from the past
These impressions always last
Never penetrating, always contemplating
We sit and count the blessings but we're blessed by icons
No one else could
Trust in ice cold ice cold ice cold ice
We'll stay together till the end
Thinking you might be a friend
We sit and pray together that they might change the weather
My love for you will never die
If I sound distant, that's because
You shouldn't see me crying ice cold ice
In another place and time
I feel I've never known myself
Frozen in the sand again
They're standing still in place and time
And no one's moving, they're only
Standing still in ice cold ice cold ice
Catching up on what's been done
Stealing glimpses from the past
These impressions always last
We sit and count the blessings but we're blessed by icons
No one else could
Trust in ice cold ice cold ice cold ice
Thinking you might be a friend
My love for you will never die
If I sound distant, that's because
You shouldn't see me crying ice cold ice
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Quite simply a reaction to a cold world...just make yourself colder on the inside. And don't dare show any emotion ("You shouldn't see me crying"), or it might seem like your fight against the world is failing.
An awesome song from an album chock full of 'em. Any Husker Du fun who dislikes Warehouse for being too "clean" sounding is probably hearing it on the CD, with its 1987-standard piss-poor mastering. Until Warner Bros. has the good sense to remaster it, get yourself a record player and find the double-vinyl set. It sure changed my opinion of Warehouse...this album rocks harder than the much-beloved "Flip Your Wig."
Damn...I meant to say Husker Du FAN, not Husker Du FUN in my comment above. Anyway...don't diss Warehouse!
It seems to be about the others as most of the lyrics are in third person. And even the first person last lines seem to be about other people.
Might be about becoming colder because everyone else is, or how strange cold people appear to be for the ones more emotional and sensitive, looking to feel alive and to interact with others. Another interpretation that is somewhat related to the first one (becoming cold) is about a person that is not any cold, but really wants to be, to stop suffering.