
Heart-Shaped Ice
Heart-Shaped Ice is the newest composition on Snowclone's first album. It took shape during the summer of 2006, based on a concept that had been brewing for a few years. The story is based on a Korean poem about love that's cold because it's fashionable. The original version was, in fact, in Korean and called 어름사랑, "Ice Love". However, that first version was never recorded and the song made its first appearance in English on UFOPOLI's Red Light Stop Sign album in late 2006.
The story within the piece is tragic but not void of hope. A relationship between two people with too different expectations has come to a dead end and the protagonist fails to get rid of its burden, even though the feelings themselves have melted away long ago. Despite everything, she tries to go on with her life.
Structurally HSI is (at least according to Snowclone standards) remarkably simple, consisting solely of verses, choruses and instrumental parts. This was intended to compensate the ample melodic variation, especially in the verses. The arrangement was aimed at building a song that grows from a serene beginning, building up suspense part by part, into a dramatic dance track. The crisp instrumentation is complelented by the flowing background, reflecting water in its different forms.
I stayed enchained against my will
While my feet were frozen still
In the winter of mistakes
You found me, bound me with your lies
But your heart was cold as ice
This plan you would devise for loving me
While you knew you were too cool for me
Our love was cold, your touch like ice
I felt a chill and my heart froze over
You left me kneeling in the snow
Sweet heart-shaped ice you gave me
Melts and runs like tears
But deep inside I stay the same
My heart encased in ice
Too hard to break on my own
I always thought love should be warm
"Out of date", you would inform
"Nothing's hotter than cold love
Besides, it rides the wave of trends
Love is in until it ends
And then we'll be just friends" - That moment was
When I knew you were too cool for me
Our love was cold, your touch like ice
I felt a chill and my heart froze over
You left me kneeling in the snow
Sweet heart-shaped ice you gave me
Melts and runs like tears
But deep inside I stay the same
My heart encased in ice
Too hard to break on my own
Sweet heart-shaped ice you gave me
Melts and runs like tears
But deep inside I stay the same
My heart encased in ice too hard to break
My mind entwined within your heart-shaped ice