Life, like frozen water On a duck pond In the town, I grew up in With Old Man Winter Frost on the windows And the birds are gone To somewhere warmer And I wonder how long Will I feel so breakable And you know, unfaced by everything As if I could crack But I hold it all in Or maybe everyone has felt like that All along and forever ago Felt like that all along and forever ago And these chains Of papers and payments Are heavy as water And I can feel myself drownin' And I'm seein' red In each sense of that color Red like blood and death and rage And all I want is to break those chains All I want is to break those chains And all I want's to break those chains And all I want's to break those chains And all I want's to break those chains But I don't wanna start over again I wanna carry on I wanna carry on I wanna carry on Without my wreckage Without my treasure All along and forever, carry on Without my chains Without my name 'Cause I'm more than just a number So I walk across this frozen pond I hear the scream of fractures And I wonder if I break this time Or carry on into the night Yeah, I see creeks and groans And I can swear I hear her laughter And I'm scared as hell That I don't understand What this all means And all I want's to break those chains And all I want's to break those chains And all I want's to break those chains But I don't wanna start over again And all I want's to break those chains And all I want's to break those chains And all I want's to break those chains But I don't wanna start over again I wanna carry on I wanna carry on I wanna carry on I wanna carry on Carry on Life, like frozen water On a duck pond In the town, I grew up in With all Old Man Winter Frost on the window And the birds are gone