Beneath The Crystal Ceiling (v.1)

Lyrics

(Verse 1)
The sun is a ghost in a pale blue sky
Where the white world meets the sea
I slip through the cracks where the seals go by
A shark in a frozen galaxy
No silver scales or a tropic glow
Just a shadow, cold and deep
While the blizzards howl and the gales blow
A shark has a vigil left to keep.

(Chorus)
I am the shark beneath the ice
In the garden of the frost
Where the water bites like a thousand knives
And the summer’s light is lost
Silent hunter of the Southern Pole
Where the bergs grind bone on bone
I’m a shark with a jagged, frozen soul
Swimming through the dark alone.

(Verse 2)
The ceiling is thick and the light is green
A cathedral made of glass
The ice shark moves, barely seen
As the giant shadows pass
I don’t need the heat of a coral reef
Or the pulse of a shallow bay
I’m a shark who finds a cold relief
A thousand miles away.

(Bridge)
The whale-song echoes off the floor
A heavy, rhythmic hum
This ancient shark has seen a thousand years
And a thousand more to come
Let the world above go spinning fast
In a fevered, frantic race
I am the shark, the first and last
In this slow and silent space.

(Chorus)
I am the shark beneath the ice
In the garden of the frost
Where the water bites like a thousand knives
And the summer’s light is lost
Silent hunter of the Southern Pole
Where the bergs grind bone on bone
I’m a shark with a jagged, frozen soul
Swimming through the dark alone.

(Outro)
Under the floe...
Where the white winds blow...
Deep in the brine...
The shark takes his time...
In the cold...
In the dark...
The Antarctic Shark.