Not sayin' not charmed at all
Not sayin' that you weren't worth the fall
And I was alone when I knew it was real
Down the canyon when I knew I had come
To the line, through the dawn, to the light
To the turn when you said you could drive all night, drive all night
So I let crazy take a spin
and I let crazy settle in
and Kicked off my shoes, shut reason out
He said first let's just unzip your religion down
Found that I, I craved at all
Saw me melt into your native shelter
Where you call my name
Paper tigers scare me and came
Alive through the dawn, to the light
To the turn when you said you could drive all night, drive all night
So I let crazy take a spin
Then I let crazy settle in
And Kicked off my shoes, shut reason out
He said first let's just unzip your religion down
So I let crazy pull me in
Then I let crazy take his spin
And Kicked off my shoes, shut reason out
He said first let's just unzip your religion down
Heard that you were once temptation's girl
And as soon as you have rearranged the mess in your head
He will show up looking sane, perfectly sane
If I know crazy
Not sayin' that you weren't worth the fall
And I was alone when I knew it was real
Down the canyon when I knew I had come
To the turn when you said you could drive all night, drive all night
and I let crazy settle in
and Kicked off my shoes, shut reason out
He said first let's just unzip your religion down
Saw me melt into your native shelter
Where you call my name
Paper tigers scare me and came
Alive through the dawn, to the light
To the turn when you said you could drive all night, drive all night
Then I let crazy settle in
And Kicked off my shoes, shut reason out
He said first let's just unzip your religion down
Then I let crazy take his spin
And Kicked off my shoes, shut reason out
He said first let's just unzip your religion down
And as soon as you have rearranged the mess in your head
He will show up looking sane, perfectly sane
If I know crazy
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Another one of her songs that demonstrates how blurred the line can be between deep friendship and romantic love for freaking Amos. If she hadn't explained it was about Scarlet's ex-lover, or whatever, I'd have found it difficult to know what sort of relationship was going on here. With other singer-songwriters, it could be implied this is romantic, but Amos has a serious prediliction for making it ambiguous.
listening to this song just kills me.it reminds me of the horrible toxic relationship i was in for many years. this song is just that. its a roller coaster of emotions and its just "crazy". the last verse says it all:
and as soon as you have rearranged the mess in your head. he will show up looking sane, perfectly sane if i know crazy
this never failed with him. we would break up and as soon as i had rearraged the mess of emotions i had just survived.the minute i was starting to get over him. he would show up..acting as if nothing had happened wanting to pick up where we left off.."looking perfectly sane". I can just hear tori sign at the end of this verse. i big long tired sign.
oops i meant "sigh"..a big long tired sigh
oops i meant "sigh"..a big long tired sigh
To me, this song is about those times when you don't know for sure whether it's a wise or foolish move to get intimate (and I don't mean just sex), but you all of a sudden realize you have to see where this story ends, so you she your normal inhibitions and fears and just 'let crazy take his spin".
I'm there now...Thanks Sean....
i love the end of this song. the end.