somewhere between the frozen layers sleeps a fragile woman waiting for her husband to remove the shards of glass the sun betrays the light that it once shed and daughter cuts the hair i feel the movement of ghosts in the room it s hard to watch a child pass it s hard to watch a child pass she keeps a photograph locked in her mouth the smell of turpentine drips from the walls forgive and forget relive and regret you re not alone i ve seen the dead arise the ice will someday thaw and she will wait no more the ice will someday thaw and she will wait no more you are not alone the ice will someday thaw and she will wait no more you are not alone i ve seen the dead arise i ve seen the dead arise i ve seen the dead arise i feel the movement of ghosts in the room she keeps a photograph locked in her mouth the smell of turpentine drips from the walls forgive forget relive regret