If you were there You'd understand My culture's frozen in time Lake Erie howls it has a spirit That I can always pull from You are the grave, that marks my bones You are the vein, that carries my blood You are the swan, but I am your song Your ghost has faded and gone Yes I escaped But my past still haunts me Like the winter wind's gusty shrill Town by the lake Your path has haulted The snow belt's future's in doubt You are the grave, that marks my bones You are the vein, that carries my blood You are the swan, but I am your song You are everything that ever went wrong