We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

about

"Crayon and Ink", composed by Allison Crowe, is heard here in concert from "Live at Wood Hall" (2005): music.allisoncrowe.com/album/live-at-wood-hall

lyrics

Crayon and Ink

Composed by Allison Crowe

The Arctic surrounded my cold wooden room
I don't think I've ever felt so warm
these waters brought back to me
what I reluctantly believed
and I watched as the 4 corners gave way
to the ice and the life and the death

and the warmth
and they were all joined together

In that one instant I could
feel you crushing me
but I didn't want to remember what it felt like

to be alive
and still feel so cold

in crayon and ink
what I understood the least
were these words not spoken
out of fear of the law
or self sacrifice

and I never thought that confirmation
would come in to play
and these words were never going to be on
the tip of your tongue

and I was locked in a place
that I'd never seen before
without windows but
with curtains hanging on the walls
and I was forced to believe
all I had
I had to self-deprivate
and I was proved wrong
when you came back

in a room filled with nothing
this table looked away from me
a kick to your foot and a twist of your head
and I saw that you were afraid
but if you think that I was just being cold
you don't know how scared I was

in crayon and ink
what I understood the least
were these words not spoken
out of fear of the law
or self sacrifice

and I never thought that confirmation
would come in to play
and these words were never going to be on
the tip of your...

credits

from Muruch​.​com Presents: Allison Crowe, released October 14, 2015

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Allison Crowe Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

"Why music?" "Why breathing?"

contact / help

Contact Allison Crowe

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Allison Crowe, you may also like: