I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Mold of the fawn
I've been frozen here for days
With your lights reflecting in my face
I must be cold on your lawn
But inside I'm okay
I can live without your time
Where snowmen never melt
Instead they always shine
If you don't believe in fantasy then don't believe in fantasy
But do you not believe in fantasy because it gets you down?
If you don't believe it's raining I won't tell you that it's raining
But do you not believe it's raining just because it gets you down?
If you don't believe in happiness then don't believe in happiness
But if you don't believe in happiness then man you must be down
If you don't believe you're dying I won't tell you that you're dying
But do you not believe you're dying just because it gets you down?
Our homes are all white
We go dancing on the lake
Sleds will carry us tonight
And snowflakes blow us on our way
Drifts rise to the sky
Rainbow hats fly down them
And tears are frozen diamonds
So we smile while we're crying
I've been frozen here for days
With your lights reflecting in my face
I must be cold on your lawn
But inside I'm okay
I can live without your time
Where snowmen never melt
Instead they always shine
If you don't believe in fantasy then don't believe in fantasy
But do you not believe in fantasy because it gets you down?
If you don't believe it's raining I won't tell you that it's raining
But do you not believe it's raining just because it gets you down?
If you don't believe in happiness then don't believe in happiness
But if you don't believe in happiness then man you must be down
If you don't believe you're dying I won't tell you that you're dying
But do you not believe you're dying just because it gets you down?
Our homes are all white
We go dancing on the lake
Sleds will carry us tonight
And snowflakes blow us on our way
Drifts rise to the sky
Rainbow hats fly down them
And tears are frozen diamonds
So we smile while we're crying
Lyrics submitted by Jack_Strife, edited by SnowIsGone, GeorgeWaschin, Mellow_Harsher
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this is what it says in the CD booklet:
Mold of the fawn. I've been frozen here for days. with your lights reflecting in my face i must be cold on your lawn.
but inside i'm ok, i can live without your time where snowmen never melt instead they always shine
if you don't believe in fantasy then don't believe in fantasy but do you not believe in fatasy because it gets you down? If you don't believe it's raining I won't tell you that its raining bt do you not believe its raining just because it gets you down? If you don't believe in hapiness then don't believe in happiness but if you don't believe in happiness then don't believe in happiness but if you don't believe in happiness then man you must be down. If you don't believe you're dying then I won't tell you that you're dying but do you not believe you're dying just because it gets you down?
Our homes are all white we go dancing on the lake sleds will carry us tonight and snowflakes blow us on our way
Drifts rise to the sky rainbow hats fly down them and tears are frozen diamonds so we smile when we're crying
[end]
i personally like the last two lines, awesome.
Yeah, this is it, straight from the booklet.<br /> <br /> Somebody should change the lyrics.
i was listening to this on a long car trip (and you know how you get crazy in there after a while) and i got to thinking this is just like "fireworks" in the way that they're comparing peoples lives to things that dont last long (snow, fireworks). only this is written from a snowmans point of view, and he's discussing with another snowman why someone would create them in the first place, if they'd melt anyway.
"happiness" is point of living and he's wondering if it really exists, while rain indicates its getting warmer, and warps snowmen faces. i cant make any sense of "mold of the fawn" though.
"I can live without your dime (?)"
"I can live without your kind"
"Instead they all went shy"
"Instead they always shine"
"They slide to the sky"
"It splits right through the sky"
"Tears are frozen lovers (?)"
"Tears are frozen diamonds"
He's not addressing another snowman, he's addressing one of these: willenborgs.com/wlo/product_images/Wildlife/Fawn%20Trio.jpg
mold of fawn. It's a pretty common lawn ornament depending where you've been in the country.
i think its also dying instead of crying the first time.
tasty jam!
It's also dying, not crying, I believe.
For the chorus I mean.
Also, I love this song.
Im not sold on that first line.
Molt of the Sun... Mold of the Sod...
I have listened to it a few times over just now and it sounds less like anything each time.
regardless, Im hearing a "s" at the beginning of that last word and that is almost certain.
I think at the end: "Then don't believe you're dying." is really "I won't tell you that you're dying."
There's no "crying" (except in " So we smile when we're crying")in this song but I hate being a lyric nazi, it's just words afterall.
This is a bouncy kid story-style song that makes me think of building forts and walking up the creek on a bright day as a child.