"Black Ice" lyrics

"Black Ice"

Freezing rain, falling light
Asphalt gleams like glass tonight
Two-lane road, headlights shake
Tires go loose, tap the brake

Spinning out, 'round and 'round
Hard to tell up from down
No warning sign, no flashing light
Black ice, black ice

Lonesome field
Night moves close
World goes still,
Angels and ghosts

Corn stands high
Moon hangs low
Live or die as the
Cold winds blow

No hand to hold
No saving grace
Endless sky
And empty space

No map, no chart
No stars to guide
Black ice, black ice

There is a switch
With no controls
Behind the seam
Beneath my soul

My eyes go dark
The air goes thin
Something cold
Comes rushing in

It bides its time like a loaded gun
And just like that, damage gets done
Fear don't ask, it just decides
Black ice, black ice


Writer(s): Beth Nielsen Chapman, Mary Gauthier
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