Silver Bayou (The First Freeze)

(Verse 1 - Eloise, raspy and low) The cicadas stopped their screaming In the middle of the night The bayou held its muddy breath And turned a ghostly white No more moss on the cypress tree Just diamonds made of glass I’m digging for the humid memories Beneath the frozen grass... (Chorus - Eloise with ethereal vocal layers) Oh, Lord, the swamp is silver now The gator’s in a crystal tomb We’re dancing in the hoarfrost In our dusty, frozen room Crescent City, cold and pale Underneath the winter’s veil... (Bridge - Glitchy, stuttering electronics) (Digital shivering sounds, ice cracking foley) Cold... (cold...) The mercury is falling through the floor Summer don't knock at the kitchen door no more (Eloise humming a haunting, mournful melody) (Verse 2 - Eloise) Mira, keep the sensors glowing Keep the spirits on the wire We’re the last of the embers Of a long-forgotten fire The Mississippi is a jagged road Leading nowhere but the sky Sing a lullaby to the humidity Watch the last steam die... (Outro - Eloise fading into drone) Hush now, child... The ice is listening... The frost is whispering my name... Deep... blue... amen...