crushing
lyrics and music by Penelope Houston


Everyday, I wake up
before the sun comes up
watch the moon, in the sky
I watch you sleeping at my side

and I feel the darkness is inside
and I fear the darkness that's inside

Now the wind, comes again
banging on my window pane
I jump up, push it back
jam a matchbook into the crack

but I feel the coldness is inside
and I fear the coldness that's inside

but you, you could've pulled me tight
you could've stopped the night from crushing in
you could've warmed my soul
you could've kept the cold from rushing in

Comes at last, morning light
illuminates my losing fight
when the ache, grows too much
there is a numbness in my touch

and I feel a deadness is inside
I embrace the deadness that's inside

but you, you could've pulled me tight
you could've stopped the night from crushing in
you could've warmed my soul
you could've kept the cold from rushing in
you could've pulled me tight
you could've stopped the night from crushing me
you could've warmed my soul
you could've kept the cold from rushing in

From the tongue CD

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