From the recordings C, 20/20, and A Stepladder to the Stars

Phil Rodriguez: Trumpet
Emily Levinstone: Vocals
Dan Ruccia: Viola
LL: Lead vox, Rhodes, Drums, Bass, Electric guitar, Glockenspiel, Mellotron, Piano, Organ

Lyrics

When the echoes of the summer finally die away
There’s nothing left to do and nothing more to say
A tree had fallen in the middle of the night
In a lake which had slowly frozen into ice

Three young friends walking in the morning light
They crept out slowly, hoping not to die
They all agreed that they should turn back, but instead
they took another step to hear the ice crack

Everyone knows that time will pass
Snow will melt and ice will crack
But they had not learned that lesson yet so they held their
breath and took another step

Tip-toe or you might fall in
But don’t turn around cause you never know
when we’ll do this again
Crazy things happen when you’re young, but who ever
knew that risking your life could be so much fun?

Everyone knows that time will pass
Snow will melt and ice will crack
But we had not learned that lesson yet so we held our
breath and took another step

It was a step to the stars with both feet on the ground
It was a step that we took cause we couldn’t turn around
From a future we couldn’t ignore
A step that almost killed us but still we wanted more
From tomorrow that we had to take today
it was a step on a path where there was no other way