[Lyric] Icebreakers (Diagrams)

[Verse 1]
They sailed like arctic ships
Icebreakers
The snow came sideways through the sky
She climbed a mountain of white powder
Snow came hard and
Took our eyes

[Verse 2]
We made the Orbit close
For winter
All this white chaos spinning 'round
Our yellow hands were hibernating
Breath held bated
Heads bent down

[Pre-Chorus]
All the night there were lives that swung
In the muzzle of a loaded gun
There was joy
There were blinding lights
And the terror of the vampire night
[Refrain]
Of the coming night

[Verse 3]
They sang like solemn birds
In springtime
They pledged to leave the dark behind
He nailed the ring onto her finger
Curled up in her
And he cried

[Verse 4]
They all smoked cigarettes
Without us
We wondered when we'd meet again
Would we sail home in giant numbers
Red white thunder
Smooth cool rain

[Pre-Chorus]
All the night there were TV lights
Playing abstract patterns on your eyes
All the night there were towering lands
And the hope of something greater than
All the night there was endless sky
Molecules, mountains, and fireflies
All the night there were northern lights
And the ladder of the rushing night
[Refrain]
Of the rushing night

[Outro of recorded shoreline noise]