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		Killing Frost Hear It! (865k)

Of all the songs written by HBI, 'Killing Frost' has undergone the most change from its original to current form. The first HBI song written with lyrics, 'Killing Frost' started out with a slow, mellow, almost ballad-like feel. A live recording of the song made in 1988 clocked in at over six minutes. John and Mark later agreed that listening to it was an "excruciating experience" (and that is a direct quote!--PS: Webster uses the words 'painful' & 'torture' in their definition of 'excruciating'). In 1991, as John and Mark were preparing for the Hyland studio session, they debated whether there was a way to salvage the song. The proposed solution was quite simple--turn up the distortion and play it twice as fast! It worked. The Hyland recording was a much more enjoyable and listenable song, now clocking in at about three and a half minutes. However, it did feature John's worst guitar solo ever recorded! Well, John lived with the embarassment until 2001. But, while preparing for the CD release of "Graven Images", John used modern technology to digitally and seemlessly remove the solo from the song. The latest version now runs about 20 seconds shorter and sound even better!

stone buildings and gray skies stone hearts and gray eyes cold wind blow through my hair yet are warmer than the ice cold stares... they give you the coldness penetrates my soul in this crowd I know I'm yet alone and I come to the realization that I'm out here on my own again... the ice consumes the cold devours it destroys and kills what could have been ours hearts of stone & souls of ice can catch you in their hold if you submit to those drives that will freeze your soul forever... break though the ice smash the frozen stone chip away the wall and open your frozen soul Lyrics by Mark Schaefer ©1992 by HBI and Red December Music