In the liner notes of the remastered edition of Fragile, it is said that this song is about a tragic polar expedition that ends in death, as evidenced by lyrics such as "A river, a mountain to be crossed/ the sunshine, in mountains sometimes lost/ around the south side, so cold that we cried" and "The moments, seem lost in all the noise/ a snow storm, a stimulating voice".
A Fragile újrakevert kiadásának bevezetőjében elhangzók szerint a dal egy tragikus kimenetelű, halállal végződő sarki expedícióról szól, amit a következő sorok is bizonyítanak: „A river, a mountain to be crossed/ the sunshine, in mountains sometimes lost/ around the south side, so cold that we cried” és „The moments, seem lost in all the noise/ a snow storm, a stimulating voice”.