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Cracking Lyrics
It's a one time thing
It just happens
A lot
Walk with me
And we will see
What we have got
Ah...
My footsteps are ticking
Like water dripping from a tree
Walking a harline
And stepping very carefully
Ah...
My heart is broken
It is worn out at the knees
Hearing muffled
Seeing blind
Soon it will hit the Deep Freeze
And something is cracking
I don't know where
Ice on the sidewalk
Brittle braches
In the air
The sun
Is blinding
Dizzy golden, dancing green
Through the park in the afternoon
Wondering where the hell
I have been
Ah...
It just happens
A lot
Walk with me
And we will see
What we have got
Ah...
Like water dripping from a tree
Walking a harline
And stepping very carefully
Ah...
It is worn out at the knees
Hearing muffled
Seeing blind
Soon it will hit the Deep Freeze
I don't know where
Ice on the sidewalk
Brittle braches
In the air
Is blinding
Dizzy golden, dancing green
Through the park in the afternoon
Wondering where the hell
I have been
Ah...
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Deep Freeze is written with capitals in the lyrics, Suzanne explains the concept: "My worst fear is to be frozen, and I mean it in a physical way and also a spiritual way. When I was a child I used to have this state that I would call "hitting the Deep Freeze", which meant that I was paralysed and I couldn't move. That's what I'm most afraid of, I think, and that comes out a lot in the songs."
First off, this is an amazing song with wonderfully poetic lyrics. If you care to see what Suzanne Vega says about the lyrics' meaning, go to: http://rustedpipe.vega.net/cracking.htm
Thank you so much dolfan. It's such a helpful website. And it's great to learn what she says about the different songs.
Yes, thanks a lot Dolfan. That site is wonderful.
Much of SV’s debut album has “winter” or “frozen” imagery, in fact the outer sleeve, with a picture of Suzanne by a window with sunlight streaming across her face, makes me think of winter, probably because it’s suggested by the lyrics...