Split Open And Melt - Phish In the morning I pack up my gear And toss it in my carryall Run the wide load to the lip And watch the big core crack and glow In the evening I undo my belt Split open and melt I wake up on my stomach With my face between my hands And crawl along the floor toward the doorway Jumping to my feet I try to put myself together But I feel it in my knees And the room begins to spin And I slip and bump my head and raise a welt Split open and melt We breathe deep In a steam dream And plunge below the water line Down, down, down Between beams To the gloom room Among the seaweed and the slime Down, down, down Melt This song is one of my favorites, even the studio version. Very jazzy,and funky, with different layers of sound. The instrumentation sets a good mood for the lyrics. I really enjoy the harmonies in the bridge. The sweat shirt is a play on Parking Lot t-shirts. As people who make shirts and sell them in the parking lot often use song names/references instead of the bands name to avoid legal troubles, and for originality.