Children of Fire and Ice

[bnewman]

A bipolar anthem with a mythic twist, inspired in part by Ada Palmer's Norse myth song cycle

lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

listen to this song
 

/ A5 - G - / F - G - / 1st / F - E - /

 

When fire and ice gave humanity form

They mingled and mixed and they made us lukewarm

Except for those few who, by some twist of fate

Bear each element still in its natural state

 

In cycles and seasons we freeze and we burn

Melancholy and madness arising in turn

 

/ " / F - G A5 ... /

 

Touched by the elements, not once but twice

We are the children of fire and ice

 

Some people have summers and winters within

If you know such seasons, then you are my kin

My brothers and sisters, that uncommon brood

The exceptional tribe of the changeable mood

 

By the sun and the moon and the roll of the dice

We are the children of fire and ice

 

We try to find balance, one day at a time

Through the valleys we crawl and the mountains we climb

We float and we fly, and we fall and we fail

There's danger for us on both sides of the trail

 

We've walked through the wasteland, we've paid the hard price

We are the children of fire and ice

 

We've been called many names since our nature was known

We've been told of in tales, now we're telling our own

We've been here forever, and we're here to stay

We're walking among you, don't turn us away

 

We're lofty and lowly and naughty and nice

We are the children of fire and ice

 

And to you who are frost, and to you who are flame

You are what you are, and you are not to blame

The world needs to know you, you need not be shamed

So stand by your nature and speak out your name

 

Start at the beginning — these words will suffice:

We are the children of fire and ice