crying crow

i can hear you calling me

through my window in your tree

taking cover from the rain

crying out in all your pain

i can see that you are suffering

holding on to keep from falling

to the ground where no one sees you

steady now, crow

i can see you,

crow

i can be your witness,

crying crow

i can be your witness,

crying crow

can you keep a secret for me?

it’s only one part of the story

of how i learned to hear your calling

of how i knew that you were falling

last time i was in this city

no one saw me, no one really,

falling slowly from the branches

pushed by hurtful circumstances,

crow

can you understand me,

crying crow?

do you understand me?

now i know

you can understand me,

crying crow

seven years till i was ready

to lay it down, this burden’s heavy

waited till i was much older

to get the chip off of my shoulder

i have met so many people

they will see me as their equal

but they don’t know the pain that i’ve seen

they can’t hear the song that we sing,

crow

can you be my witness,

crying crow?

will you be my witness?

now i know

you can be my witness,

crying crow

golden year

last october,

i was hit crossing the street

body’s broken

i’m not who i used to be

i can’t work now

i’m losing weight by the pound

just let me sleep

i taste blood inside my mouth

look out

slow down

i am not the man

i used to be

next october,

maggie plans to take my name

she will say yes

she knows i don’t play no games

where’s my money?

see the doctor, pay my rent

where’s the driver?

ask her where my money went

look out

slow down

i am not the man

i used to be

is my pain real

or is it just in my brain?

i take pain pills

two each morning everyday

how much longer?

can’t take it anymore

where’s the ocean?

take me closer to the shore

look out

slow down

look out

slow down

i am not the man i used

i am not the man i used

i am not the man i used

to be

i don’t know my name

around the corner from my house

there’s a place i like to go

where no one knows me well enough

to say bye or hello

i go in there to ponder

just who i want to be

i think about my past mistakes

in my anonymity

and in a moment

how everything can change

you think you have life figured out

but it will never be the same

so stop caring

but only for tonight

you need a chance to forget about

what is wrong or right

‘cause they don’t know your name

they don’t know your name

on a night when it was raining

i walked across the street

a woman ran a stop sign

and she knocked me off my feet

she looked me in the eyes

and i said that i’m okay

i started walking home

but i was walking the wrong way

in a moment

everything can change

you think you had life figured out

but it will never be the same

so stop caring

but only for tonight

you need a night to forget about

what is wrong and right

but she don’t know my name

she don’t know my name

in a letter to my family

i told them not to cry

this is the closest i’ve been in my life

to wishing i would die

with my hand full of danger

i poured myself a drink

but something grabbed a hold of me

and i threw them down the sink

in a moment

oh everything can change

you thought you had life figured out

but it will never be the same

so stop caring

but only for tonight

you need the night to forget about

what is wrong and right

‘cause i don’t know my name

i don’t know my name

i don’t know my name

i don’t know my name

i moved across the country

just me and my wife

we settled in the mountains

to embark on our new life

when it started getting colder

and the days ran out of light

i sat alone in this quiet house

and i began to write

that in a moment

yes, everything can change

you thought you had life figured out

but nothing stays the same

so stop caring

but only for tonight

you need a chance to forget about

what is wrong or right

oh no one knows my name

no one knows my name

no one knows my name

they don’t know

she don’t know

i don’t know my name

in the night

mother, father

can you hear me

kneeling by the alter?

lord, have mercy

the ones who are gone

are begging us

to not forget them

we will all turn to dust

in the night you call for me

to walk into your hands

and all your misery

but i have known the joy of life

and to be free

i’ll let you take me

and i’ll return in the morning

tell me how to let it be

i want to love you

in the night promise me

that it’s alright to cry

holding on for dear life

life is dear, at least for now

while i’m here

don’t forget that i am you

emily

lay in the bed

in the heart of our home

there’s no one to harm you

i’ve told them to go

you don’t have to hold it

be free from it all

my soul longs to hide you

let me take the fall

in the darkness of winter

i am the flame

follow the circles

to outrun the pain

when your deep in the waters

and nearing the end,

just breath in,

im all in

as i’ve always been

go and be free

and lay it all on me

the cruel hand of life

has a grip on your neck

when was the last time

you got out of bed?

you lost yourself crying

for shame that you felt

you’re losing your voice

and you can’t call for help

in the darkness of winter

i am the flame

follow the circles

to outrun the pain

when your deep in the waters

and nearing the end

just breath in,

im all in,

as i’ve always been

go and be free

lay it all on me

lay it on me

you are so close to finding

the light in the dark

the beauty that’s hidden

so deep in your heart

in the stillness and balance

in which the world spins

just breath in ,

i’m all in,

as I’ve always been

go and be free,

emily

lay it on me

lay it on me

lay it on me