And That’s How I Choose to Remember It

Lyrics

[So Long: Fragment 1] When dad moved out to a frozen land The TV was jumping, it didn't feel right, and The cards, they came with pictures of frozen lights And giant frozen sculptures So big right beside him Carved out of snow The clouds fooled us into seeing snow As far as we could see It was summer and the sun came up And never went down for two whole weeks [My Slumbering Heart: Fragment 2] My mom, she cried about money and time And how she felt older And I didn't understand much She left, I stayed My dad played in the bar And I wondered if I looked like him He was small even with boots on He looked like an Eskimo And we were in Alaska In the airport, I had seen or Imagined a mural of an arctic scene With seals and people seemed nicer than me Where they smoked and talked about the disappearing ground [Spectacular Views: Fragment 3] My dad was nice and seemed sorry for not bein' around He left work early and took me to a skating rink Where all of the kids in the world could have been I was scared and tall with skates on and my favorite jeans And there was a boy who wanted to skate with me And he held my hand And we went around More times than I counted By a mural of an arctic scene I was lookin' at my feet because It was perfect and the air was clean And my dad was there, it was summer's last eve And that's how I choose to remember it