[Intro]
[Steady Drums, Bass Pulse, Piano Arpeggios, Organ Undercurrent]
[Spoken Vocal]
The first frame was easy to ignore.
(But no more)
Most of the damage remained unseen
(On the scene)
But eventually…
(What was once invisible to all)
Is now in view.
(Yes… here in the room with you.)
[Verse 1]
A line appears across the glass
A signal we can see
Not enough to stop the journey
But enough to disagree
Some say it’s just a blemish
Some say it’s all okay
Others point to growing patterns
That won’t simply fade away
[Pre-Chorus]
The pressure’s rising
(More each year)
The warning signs
(Becoming clear)
[Chorus]
Welcome to frame 2
(Stressors in view)
Well… of course…
(Maybe it won’t get worse?)
The cracks are showing
(Across the pane)
Yet many still say
(It’s just the rain)
[Verse 2]
The summers feel now makes ya reel
The floods arrive so fast
Records that once stood the test
Now rarely seem to last
As glaciers slip into the past
The oceans climb the shore
Each fracture looks connected
To the ones that came before
[Pre-Chorus]
What once seemed random
(Begins to align)
Individual signals
(Forming a line)
[Chorus]
Welcome to frame 2
(Stressors in view)
Well… of course…
(Maybe it won’t get worse?)
[Bridge]
[Music Drops to Piano and Bass]
Better rehearse
(For the hearse)
If we keep pretending
(The cracks won’t burst)
A fracture ignored
(Is a fracture fed)
The longer we wait
(The further it spreads)
[Build]
One crack…
(Becomes a chain)
One stress…
(Becomes a strain)
One warning…
(Becomes a trend)
Until the structure starts to bend
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Lead Following Fracture-Like Melody]
[Final Chorus]
[Full Band]
Welcome to frame 2
(Stressors in view)
No longer hidden
(Enough to review)
What once seemed distant
(Is drawing near)
The windshield’s talking
(Can anyone hear here?)
Welcome to frame 2
(A cracked point-of-view)
[Outro]
[Organ Sustain, Drums Fade]
The first frame hid the damage.
The second frame reveals it.
The question becomes…
Will we ever quit?
[Fade Out]
Frame 2…
In view…
From the album “Cracked Windshield“