Lyrics

The ice is thin come on dive in
Underneath my lucid skin
The cold is lost, forgotten
Hours pass days pass time stands still
Light gets dark and darkness fills
My secret heart forbidden…
I think you worried for me then
The subtle ways that I’d give in but I know
You liked the show
Tied down to this bed of shame
You tried to move around the pain but oh
Your soul is anchored

The only comfort is the moving of the river
You enter into me, a lie upon your lips
Offer what you can, I’ll take all that I can get
Only a fool’s here…

I don’t like your tragic sighs
As if your god has passed you by well hey fool
That’s your deception
Your angels speak with jilted tongues
The serpent’s tale has come undone you have no
Strength to squander

The only comfort is the moving of the river
You enter into me, a lie upon your lips
Offer what you can, I’ll take all that I can get
Only a fool’s here to stay
Only a fool’s here to stay
Only a fool’s here

 

Appears on

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
The Freedom Sessions (1994)
Mirrorball (Bonus Disc) (1999)
Bloom Remix Album (2005)
Mirrorball: The Complete Concert (2006)
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: Legacy Edition (2008)

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live DVD (1994)
Mirrorball DVD (1999)
Afterglow Live DVD (2004)

 

Versions

Album Version
from “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”
Track length: 3:54

E-Guitar Version
from “The Freedom Sessions”
Track length: ca. 4:01

Live: In Studio
from “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live DVD”
Track length: ca. 4:05

Live: Mirrorball
from “Mirrorball” (Bonus Disc)
Track length: ca. 5:40

Live: Mirrorball The Complete Concert
from “Mirrorball: The Complete Concert”
Track length: ca. 5:40

Live: Mirrorball DVD
from “Mirrorball DVD”
Track length: ca. 4:23

Live: Afterglow Live
from “Afterglow Live DVD”
Track length: ca. 4:43

Dusted Mix
from “Bloom Remix Album”
Track length: 5:46

Double Bass Ambient Mix
from ???
Track length: 6:21

 

Compilations

Credits

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar: Sarah McLachlan
Drums, Percussion: Ashwin Sood
Sax: Michel Dubeau
Fake B3, Percussion Machine, Bass: Pierre Marchand

 

Collaborations

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Trivia/Notes

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Sarah says

To introduce Ice, she recounted her trip to southeast Asia, where she witnessed people trapped in a poverty from which they could not escape. “I don’t know whether it’s right to try to put myself in their place, coming from a conservative, middle-class Canadian upbringing” she said. “Call it an observational song”.
– from a review published in the Dallas Morning News of a concert Sarah gave in Dallas.

 

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