careful, they think i'm sleeping
if i could just trick this machine
oh god, who are they
and what does it mean
no i can't let them touch me
and i can't let them see
crack in the wall
the only place i can crawl for safety
i'm crawling inside
but i've still got to know
why am i afraid to go
had i slipped into the wrong door
even though it felt so fine
crude sunlight rolling through my window
telling me it's not your time
and still the voices calling
c'mon
crack in the wall
the only place i can crawl to safety
when i was dead
three headless voices that said they loved me
such a love was blinding
there i can't fall
and the floor is the wall i'm scaling
gonna give them all the slip
i've had it
i've got to abandon ship
never gonna go back there
never gonna go back there
the last minute
i've got to abandon ship
shivering under a wave
another lonely seasons slave
i've had it
i've got to abandon it
let me start all over again
this couldn't be the end
there's something i've got to say


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Crude Sunlight Lyrics as written by Clint Walsh Chris Alan Vrenna

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    I just read a review on this song and there's a little more to it than I thought. The whole album is a story of one person at night-time suffering from nightmares, night-terrors, and insomnia. So Crude Sunlight is about someone who is about to give in to the nightmares and die, when the sunlight begins to wake them up. But this does have a reflecting meaning about suicide. And I suppose that ultimately, the person didn't follow through with it.

    Janzamaon December 06, 2006   Link

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