Summit Fever

A lack of oxygen under their skullcaps Thin is the air they breathe Summit fever grips all of our climbing souls Summit fever grips all of our climbing souls Hypoxic delusions upon the descent Crowns of thunderhead clouds Summit fever, cause for cut-off time ignored Summit fever, cause for cut-off time ignored To understand means trembling, heart rate has learned. Blood turns to sludge, capillaries die, hemorrhaging behind frozen eyelid walls.