allison crowe - crayon and ink lyrics
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…
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