Naked, the Night Falls - The Crane Wives

When the night falls, oh yeah You can tell by the way that you feel Make the right calls, oh yeah And just hope that she remembers you still I'm searching for a good time In a city where there's nobody else around And I know it's been a little awhile But your number is the only one I found Now we've had our share of ups and downs In the years I came through your town But let's put it all to rest And let's just have a night of one on one When the conversations have begun Just put your head on my chest There's something about you, girl And it's rather strange I want come back to you, girl And rekindle the flame When the night falls, oh yeah You can tell by the way that you feel Make the right calls, oh yeah And just hope that she remembers you still Well you probably think I'm a fast-talking romantic With a high-fallutin' ways But it's all about the impression you made On the first time I met you That stayed with me for days And now I want that feeling back But I'm not sure where to get it But you have the answer to that And you say it's nothing but fun and games But over the phone it's not the same So let's try to cross paths There's something about you, girl And it's rather strange I want come back to you, girl And rekindle the flame When the night falls, oh yeah You can tell by the way that you feel Make the right calls, oh yeah And just hope that she remembers you still Ooh hooh ooh hooh Ooh hooh ooh hooh, yeah When the night falls, oh yeah You can tell by the way that you feel Make the right calls, oh yeah And just hope that she remembers you still

When the night falls, oh yeah You can tell by the way that you feel Make the right calls, oh yeah And just hope that she remembers you still I'm searching for a good time In a city where there's nobody else around And I know it's been a little awhile But your number is the only one I found Now we've had our share of ups and downs In the years I came through your town But let's put it all to rest And let's just have a night of one on one When the conversations have begun Just put your head on my chest There's something about you, girl And it's rather strange I want come back to you, girl And rekindle the flame When the night falls, oh yeah You can tell by the way that you feel Make the right calls, oh yeah And just hope that she remembers you still Well you probably think I'm a fast-talking romantic With a high-fallutin' ways But it's all about the impression you made On the first time I met you That stayed with me for days And now I want that feeling back But I'm not sure where to get it But you have the answer to that And you say it's nothing but fun and games But over the phone it's not the same So let's try to cross paths There's something about you, girl And it's rather strange I want come back to you, girl And rekindle the flame When the night falls, oh yeah You can tell by the way that you feel Make the right calls, oh yeah And just hope that she remembers you still Ooh hooh ooh hooh Ooh hooh ooh hooh, yeah When the night falls, oh yeah You can tell by the way that you feel Make the right calls, oh yeah And just hope that she remembers you still

Look, out in the distant sky Open, up your weakened minds Feel, what's in store for you The jackals howling at the moon See, the curtain of the night Falling, down into your life Doom, is headed straight for you The night comes shining through Join us in our never ending journey Into the burning lake of fire Let us fill your helpless soul Fill it with sweet desire When the night falls When the moon's full Recall, the look in their eyes The sign of hat, it burns They've come for us, but we'll fight Till death Hypnotizing, paralyzing Brings me to my knees Tantalizing suicide Drives me to the edge When the night falls, when death crawls Frozen in my sleep Rippers slashing, terror laughing Numbers burning deep Join us in our never ending journey Into the burning lake of fire Let us fill your helpless soul Fill it with sweet desire When the night falls When the moon's full

Red sky morning, lovers warning Oh I know that promise you wear, well it ain't for me Shallow river, shining within her Flood it all, drown the crops, but just please don't swallow me Settle down (settle, settle, settle) Hold your heart, be still, be still May the whole sky fall May it all come down Wasted all for the title Wasted all for the crown Keep your distance, make resistance Stay the course when you falter and don't you think of me Glowing ember, growing within her Burn it all, raze the field, but just please don't swallow me May the whole sky fall May it all come down Wasted all for the truth For the fool in her wedding gown Let her leave my sight Make her leave my mind Bring it down on my head If these sins are mine Call it down on my head For these sins are mine Settle down (settle, settle, settle) Hold your heart, be still, be still Let her go (settle, settle, settle) Hold your heart, be still, be still Lovely lady, no one's baby Keep your chains off the ground and don't you think of me

I've gotten good at leaning on metaphors I've gotten good at living on someone else's page I cut my teeth on secondhand sentiments You can't trust a single thing I say I keep my closet free of skeletons 'Cause I'm much better at digging graves But I always dig up bones in your sympathy I can't trust a single thing you say Don't look too hard, 'cause you won't like the scars he left in me I've gotten good at making up metaphors I've gotten good at stretching the truth out of shape And all these words are sweet and meaningless You can't trust a single thing I say You can't trust a single thing I say You can't trust a single thing I say (I've gotten good at leaning on metaphors) You can't trust a single thing I say (I've gotten good at making up metaphors)

Tear it down Tear it down around my head I need you To bury this beneath my bed The crows in the garden are laughing at my expense Drowning out all the lies that I might have told instead My stone My shield, my steady hand Hold your light To the darkness in my head Put your ear to my heart or set your teeth against my throat Give me something pretty to wear beneath my blood-stained clothes My darling, the devil knows my name Whoa, oh Lay me down Pour the dirt into our bed Tell the crows They can have their pound of flesh The ghosts at the window echo all our quiet prayers When they come for us, they'll come with hammers and nails My darling, the devil knows my name My name My name Get on your knees and Dig up the garden Won't you throw down that spade and Dig up the garden, darling? Get your hands dirty and Rip up the garden Won't you cut down that apple tree for me?

Tell me once again I could have been anyone, anyone else Before you made the choice for me My feet knew the path We walked in the dark, in the dark I never gave a single thought to where it might lead All those empty rooms We could have been anywhere, anywhere else Instead I made a bed with apathy My heart knew the weight Ten years worth of dust and neglect We made our peace with weariness and let it be The moon will sing a song for me I loved you like the sun Bore the shadows that you made With no light of my own I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me Name your courage now We could have had anything, anything else Instead you hoarded all that's left of me Swallowing your doubt Like swords to the pit of my belly I want to feel the fire that you kept from me The moon will sing a song for me I loved you like the sun Bore the shadows that you made With no light of my own I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me (I could have been anyone, anyone) I shine only with the light you gave me (I could have been anyone, anyone)