The Crane Wives - Never Love an Anchor (Lyric Video) @thecranewives

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To celebrate the release of Foxlore AND Coyote Stories on vinyl, we'll be posting a series of lyric videos highlighting songs from both records!

Full Lyrics:

On some level I think I always understood
That these hands of mine were clumsy, not clever
And I tried to do the best that I could
But try as I might I could not bring myself to hold you

It's a secret I keep tucked inside my chest
With this heart of mine thats guilty, not remorseful
There is love that doesn't have a place to rest
But it would've buried you if it had settled on your shoulders

On some level, I think I always understood
That a ship could never really love an anchor
So I did the only thing that I could
And severed the rope to set you sailing from my harbor

There are times when I still wonder about you
You are someone I have loved but never known
And you'll never see the reasons I had
For keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you

I am selfish, I am broken, I am cruel
I am all the things they might've said to you
Do you ever think of me and my two hands
And wonder why
They never soothed your fevers
And wonder why
They never tied your shoes
And wonder why
They never held you gently
And wonder why
They never had the chance to lose you

updated 3 years ago

The Crane Wives - Never Love an Anchor (Lyric Video)

The Crane Wives 2021-07-13 | 🌕 Join our Patreon: patreon.com/thecranewives
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To celebrate the release of Foxlore AND Coyote Stories on vinyl, we'll be posting a series of lyric videos highlighting songs from both records!

Full Lyrics:

On some level I think I always understood
That these hands of mine were clumsy, not clever
And I tried to do the best that I could
But try as I might I could not bring myself to hold you

It's a secret I keep tucked inside my chest
With this heart of mine thats guilty, not remorseful
There is love that doesn't have a place to rest
But it would've buried you if it had settled on your shoulders

On some level, I think I always understood
That a ship could never really love an anchor
So I did the only thing that I could
And severed the rope to set you sailing from my harbor

There are times when I still wonder about you
You are someone I have loved but never known
And you'll never see the reasons I had
For keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you

I am selfish, I am broken, I am cruel
I am all the things they might've said to you
Do you ever think of me and my two hands
And wonder why
They never soothed your fevers
And wonder why
They never tied your shoes
And wonder why
They never held you gently
And wonder why
They never had the chance to lose you

🪞BEYOND BEYOND BEYOND🪞NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE!

The Crane Wives 2024-09-06 | At long last, this labor of love is finally out in the world. You can stream it on every streaming platform, or head to our website to purchase a physical CD via the keychain in our bio.

We can't wait to play all the new tunes for our friends and family at The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI later tonight! Tickets are sold out but you can still join us via livestream-- hit the keychain in our bio to purchase access.

We'll be joined by some heavy-hitting musical support, including openers Cal in Red and Patty Pershayla. We'll also feature our killer string section, Sam Cooper and Jordan Hamilton, reprising their strings parts from the record. And don't forget-- all of our set will be translated into ASL by our Deaf Interpreter Abbey Moreland!

Thank you for helping us welcome these songs into the world. We cannot wait to celebrate with you.

(P.S. shout out to Steve Leaf teaching us how to Live Boomerang)

#thecranewives #beyondbeyondbeyond

Arcturus Beaming (Official Music Video)

The Crane Wives 2024-09-06 | Our new album 🪞Beyond Beyond Beyond🪞 is out now! Stream it here: lnk.dmsmusic.co/thecranewives_beyondbeyondbeyond

CREDITS:

Featuring
Isabella Valdés as Sam
Sierra Phan as Jordan

Director - Jackson Ezinga
Producer - Hwa-Jeen Na
Associate Producer - Bobby Nielsen
Casting - Mickie Paskal CSA & Jennifer Rudnicke CSA
Director of Photography - Tyler Appel
1st AC - Mimi Anagli
Production Design - Bad Trip Designs
Art Hounds - Pat Bird + Erik Steele
Gaffer - Chad Miller
Key Grip - Lucas Kapla
VFX Supervisor - Ryan Sundberg
Virtual Production Supervisor - Andrew Smith
Virtual Production Operator - Jarod Jordan
Hair and Makeup Artist - Caleigh Moralez
Costume Designer - Casey Granada
Production Assistant - Austen Ezinga & Marion Jamet

Editing and VFX - Ryan Sundberg
Color Grade - Jason Grinde
Post Sound Mixer - Sasa Slogar
Titles - Steve VanMaele

An EZO Productions Music Video

Shot on Location in Grand Rapids, MI and at Golden Hour Studios in Ada, MI

Lyrics:

I thank these walls, my hideaway
My sanctuary to worship the pain
I never thought I'd leave the cave
But I'm more curious than afraid

Stacking layers like sediment
Each one adding weight and compression
And I am tired of forming a cliff face inside of my chest now
My ribs ache from carrying it around

Craning my neck, I'm looking up
I'm grieving all that I gave up
Eyes focused on a pin of light
Arcturus beaming on a summer night

Do you wonder who's looking back?
Another life-form on some undiscovered planet
A mirror image of us here, but they're pointing up at our sun and
Asking themselves
What exists beyond, beyond, beyond, beyond?

This blinding light, this reckoning
There's more to life than suffering
But there's still time, it's not too late
Nothing will change until I change.

Scars (Official Lyric Video)

The Crane Wives 2024-08-07 | ❤️‍🔥 Scars ❤️‍🔥 out now: lnk.dmsmusic.co/thecranewives_scars
New album 🪞Beyond Beyond Beyond🪞 to be released September 6, 2024! Presave: lnk.dmsmusic.co/thecranewives_beyondbeyondbeyond

Animation by Emilee Petersmark (@ermsauce)
Music by The Crane Wives
Engineered and Mixed by Ben Zito of Centennial Sound
Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC

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Lyrics:

I’m not the person that I thought I was
I couldn’t tell you where the ache came from
Maybe born in a storm beneath an angry sky
Now it’s raining in my head nearly all the time
Now it’s raining in my head and I don’t know why

All the love, all the kindness, all your best-laid plans
Couldn’t stop me from becoming the way that I am
You toiled on a bridge to cross the gap inside
But I couldn’t help you build it and I don’t know why
No I couldn’t let you build it, but god knows you tried

Was I born with a hole in my heart?
A fatal fault at the start
Tell me it’s inevitable that I’d end up with
Scars

I’m not the person that I thought I was
I’m trying to come to terms with what you’ve done
In the fumes of your anguish, oh my blistering pride
I’m still burning like a tire fire deep down inside
Oh I’m burning like a tire fire and I don’t know why

Was I born with a hole in my heart?
A fatal fault at the start
Tell me it’s inevitable that I’d
End up with scars from falling
Down, down
We were always meant to fall apart

Nothing could have been done
Is that right?
Nothing could have been done
Nothing could have been done
Is that right?

‘Cause I was born with a hole in my heart
Yeah, we were fucked from the start
Tell me it’s inevitable that I’d
End up with scars from falling
Down, down
We were always meant to fall apart

Bitter Medicine (Official Music Video)

The Crane Wives 2024-07-10 | 💊Bitter Medicine💊 out now: lnk.dmsmusic.co/thecranewives_bittermedicine
New album 🪞Beyond Beyond Beyond🪞 to be released September 6, 2024! Presave: lnk.dmsmusic.co/thecranewives_beyondbeyondbeyond

CREDITS:
Director - Jackson Ezinga
Producer - Hwa-Jeen Na
Director of Photography - Tyler Appel
Production Design - Bad Trip Designs
Art Hounds - Pat Bird + Devin Durocher
Gaffer - Chad Miller
Key Grip - Kelvin Horton
Hair and Makeup Artist - Emily Frew
Production Assistant - Austen Ezinga
Editing and VFX - Ryan Sundberg
Color Grade - Hwa-Jeen Na

An EZO Productions Music Video
Shot at The Moon
Special Thanks:
Ideology Productions
RIT Music Central

Music by The Crane Wives
Engineered and Mixed by Ben Zito of Centennial Sound
Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC

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Lyrics:

Somebody take my keys, I'm in no shape for driving.
I made my bed, but I'll sleep anywhere, anywhere
Are you ashamed of me, or did you buy what I'm selling?
It won't last you long
It'll disappear

I bite my tongue to keep the worst of the words in
So they don't hurt nobody but me
Swallow the poison I wanna spit
Bitter medicine
I think it's making me sick
Don't look up to me
I'm not as tall as you think
You see, I talk a big game
But it's bullshit

Somebody clean me up, it's a mess that I'm making
The pain is weak, but it spreads anyway, anyway
Is it a gift you give or something precious I'm taking?
Stolen sympathy
For all my worst mistakes

I bite my tongue to keep the worst of the words in
So they don't hurt nobody but me
Swallow the poison I wanna spit
Bitter medicine
I think it's making me sick
Don't look up to me
I'm not as tall as you think
You see I talk a big game
But it's bullshit

Arcturus Beaming (Official Lyric Video)

The Crane Wives 2024-06-04 | WARNING: This video may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

⭐Arcturus Beaming⭐ out now: lnk.dmsmusic.co/thecranewives_arcturusbeaming
New album 🪞Beyond Beyond Beyond🪞 to be released September 6, 2024! Presave: lnk.dmsmusic.co/thecranewives_beyondbeyondbeyond

Vocalist and guitarist Kate Pillsbury shares that this track was born while she found herself moving through a crucial healing process as she learned to listen to herself, be gentle with herself and take actions to mitigate her problems. “‘Arcturus Beaming’ is about holding grief and gratitude simultaneously as I have stumbled forward through the pain. In an era when it’s justifiably easy for many of us to gravitate toward doom and gloom, 'Arcturus Beaming' is about holding strong to a radical imagining of a better future, and doing the work to cultivate that future, which I believe requires healing ourselves on an individual level so that we can be fortified in the work required to heal our communities.”

Music by The Crane Wives
Video Animation by Emilee Petersmark (Ermsauce Art)
Filmed with help from Steve Leaf, Korey Schnell, and Ezra Baker
Produced by The Crane Wives
Engineered and Mixed by Ben Zito of Centennial Sound
Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC

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Lyrics:

I thank these walls, my hideaway
My sanctuary to worship the pain
I never thought I'd leave the cave
But I'm more curious than afraid

Stacking layers like sediment
Each one adding weight and compression
And I am tired of forming a cliff face inside of my chest now
My ribs ache from carrying it around

Craning my neck, I'm looking up
I'm grieving all that I gave up
Eyes focused on a pin of light
Arcturus beaming on a summer night

Do you wonder who's looking back?
Another life-form on some undiscovered planet
A mirror image of us here, but they're pointing up at our sun and
Asking themselves
What exists beyond, beyond, beyond, beyond?

This blinding light, this reckoning
There's more to life than suffering
But there's still time, it's not too late
Nothing will change until I change.

🪶🕯️See you this summer! 🕯️🪶

The Crane Wives 2024-03-29 | 🎟 TODAY'S THE DAY!

Are you ready? Get ready.

Tickets are officially on sale for our 2024 summer tour as of 10am local time-- snag yours on our website:

www.thecranewives.com/tourdates

The Well (Official Music Video)

The Crane Wives 2023-12-05 | Music by The Crane Wives
Video Animation by Emilee Petersmark (Ermsauce Art)
Produced by The Crane Wives
Engineered and Mixed by Ben Zito of Centennial Sound
Mastered by Trevor Richardson

🦌💘 Download the single from our Bandcamp: www.thecranewives.bandcamp.com

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Lyrics:

All the words I couldn't say to you
Fill up the spaces in my chest
Like spare coins poised on the tip of my tongue
I make a wish and hold my breath

Send me anywhere, take me out
I'm the well they're gonna drag you down
Send me anywhere, take me out
I'm the well they're gonna drag you down

All the words I couldn't say to you
Oh the damage I'd have wrought
That old house, those rotting memories
Burned easier than I'd have thought

Send me anywhere, take me out
I'm the well they're gonna drag you down
Send me anywhere, take me out
I'm the well they're gonna drag you down

All the words I couldn't say to you
A ready army in my throat
I taste blood, I'm sick of swallowing stones
So I'll wave the flag-- tell the boys to go home

Send me anywhere, take me out
I'm the well they're gonna drag you down
Send me anywhere, take me out
I'm the well they're gonna drag you down

This Summer Has Been Awesome

The Crane Wives 2023-08-16 | WOW! 🤯😭🙏 This summer has been absolutely incredible. Infinite gratitude to everyone who came out to see us play-- you've made every show these past few months something special, and we don't think we'll ever get tired of hearing your voices singing along with us.

We've got a few more Michigan shows before we kick off our fall tours. Find us at:

8/18-20 - Hoxeyville Music Festival in Wellston, MI
8/24 - Relax At Rosa - Duo Show - in Grand Rapids, MI
8/27 - The Fair Ground Festival in Hastings, MI
9/15-17 - Earthwork Harvest Gathering in Lake City, MI

See you soon!

Happy Cancer Season 🦀

The Crane Wives 2023-07-06 | We can't wait to see you!

7/7-7/9- Blissfest, Petoskey MI
7/13- Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL

Tickets available: www.thecranewives.com/shows

Practice Practice Practice

The Crane Wives 2023-06-22 | We're rehearsing for some exciting midwest shows this summer! Come out and see us:

7/13/23 - Lincoln Hall with Drea the Vibe Dealer in Chicago, IL
8/4/23- The Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI
8/5/23 - The Listening Lawn at Midtown GR in Grand Rapids, MI

🎟 Tix available on our website: thecranewives.com/shows

CRANE WIVES 2023 TOURS - Tickets Available NOW

The Crane Wives 2023-06-09 | 🎟 Tickets available NOW! 🎟 See the link in our bio for more info!

We can't wait to see you out on the road this fall! 🚐✈️ We're trying our best to get out of Michigan again to see you in your natural habitats-- we've never been to several of these cities, so let us know what local shops, restaurants, music, natural hiking spots, and tourist traps we should visit when we're in your area!

10/10 - Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA
10/11 - Kung Fu Necktie - Philedelphia, PA
10/12 - Elsewhere Zone1 - NYC, NY
10/13 - Pie Shop - Washington DC
10/14 - Ram's Head - Annapolis, MD
10/15 - Natalie's - Columbus, OH
11/2 - Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA
11/3 - Voodoo Room @ HOB - San Diego, CA
11/4 - Venice West - Los Angeles, CA
11/5 - Bottom of the Hill - San Fransisco, CA
11/7 - Felton Music Hall - Felton, CA
11/8 - Goldfield Trading Post- Sacramento, CA
11/10 - Volcanic Theatre Pub - Bend, OR
11/11 - Jack London Review - Portland, OR
11/12 - Vera Project - Seattle, WA

#Tourannouncement #tour #music #michiganmusic #thecranewives #cranewives

WE HAVE THE VINYL

The Crane Wives 2023-05-25 | The Foxlore/Coyote Stories Double LP has FINALLY returned!🐺🦊

We’ve had so many requests to restock these sister albums on vinyl, and we can’t thank you all enough for your patience and support 🙏🏽

This double vinyl is now available on our website (www.thecranewives.com/store). so make sure you grab yours before they’re gone again!

The Wolf (Live at @dogtownstudio )

The Crane Wives 2023-03-16 | Shot and recorded at Dogtown Studios
Mixed and mastered by Robby Fischer

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Lyrics:

I am not a builder
I'm much better at blowing things down
I will join the wolf at my door
Breathing out storms when she comes around,
She comes around
She comes around

I am not a tempest
I light torches in my sleep
I have gasoline in my veins
I am always burning
Burning
Burning

Can it be
Can it be easy for once?
'Cause I'm no good at being kind to myself
Or anyone
I am a falling axe
I am a sharpened knife
I am a poison asp
I am a risk to your life

My love
My love

Can it be
Can it be easy for once?
'Cause I'm no good at being kind to myself
Or anyone
Can it be
Can it be easy for once?
'Cause I'm no good at being kind to myself
Or anyone

I am a falling axe
I am a sharpened knife
I am a poison asp
I am a risk to your life
I am a swinging bat
Tumbling dynamite
I am a beast at your back
You better run for your life

Queen of Nothing (Live at @dogtownstudio)

The Crane Wives 2023-03-09 | Shot and recorded at Dogtown Studio. Mixed and mastered by Robby Fischer.

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Lyrics:

Stop the car
I wanna get out
I'm craving open air and solid ground
'Cause I've been watching from the back seat
Watching the world slipping past me
Feeling the weight of gravity
Holding me down, holding me down
Holding me

Isn't this what you wanted?
Time sure feels like it's running out
Just finish what you started
Queen of nothing
Wearing such a heavy crown

Like a moth
In the night
I'm desperate for a minute in the light
'Cause every way that I go
Something pulls me to the shadows
And I'm trying not to get too close
But it's always there, sayin' my name
Calling me

Isn't this what you wanted?
Time sure feels like it's running out
Just finish what you started
Queen of nothing
Wearing such a heavy crown

On and on to the next town
Can we slow down?
Time isn't running out
Time isn't running out
On and on to the next town
Can we slow down?
Time isn't running out
Time isn't running out

Isn't this what you wanted?
Time sure feels like it's running out
Just finish what you started
Queen of nothing
Wearing such a heavy crown

Nobody (Live at @dogtownstudio)

The Crane Wives 2023-03-02 | Shot and recorded at Dogtown Studio. Mixed and mastered by Robby Fischer.

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Lyrics:

She woke me up at dawn,
Soft spoken as a spider
Spinning webs of holy words
While she was still asleep
Kill the moon beneath my window
Pull the covers tighter
And hear her voice go swinging
Like a hatchet through the trees

There's a shadow at the back door
Something's moving in the shed
She lights cigarettes like lanterns
For the darkness in my head

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me
Nobody ever loved me
Like she tells me she does

Tender as a bruise,
Sharper than a razor
Wrap her tentacles around me
Like she'll never let me go
Her fury shakes the rafters
But never in my favor
I'm trembling in the eye
Of the only storm I've ever known

The keys are in the back door
Something's waling in my chest
It eclipses every siren
And any sins that she's confessed

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me
Nobody ever loved me
So she tells me
Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me
Nobody ever loved me
Like she tells me she does

I should be counting blessings
Something is better than nothing
Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it?
It's close enough to perfect
What doesn't hurt
A little bit, a little bit, a little bit?

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me
Nobody ever loved me
Like she loves me
Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me
Nobody ever loved me
Like she tells me she does

The Moon Will Sing (Original Demo)

The Crane Wives 2022-12-01 | Hello! We're so excited to announce that we are launching a Patreon! We're hoping this will help us to better connect with you, and provide us with a platform to share content more informally with you all as we work on writing and releasing more new music.

Even if you don’t become a patron, we want you all to know we appreciate your views, your comments, and your love. We wouldn't be here without you. We’re still writing, still singing, and still texting each other low-quality demos and voice memos with new ideas. We’re not done making music, and we hope you’re as excited about that as we are.

All of our love,
TCWs

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The Crane Wives - The Moon Will Sing (Lyric Video)

The Crane Wives 2022-11-15 | 🌕 Join our Patreon: patreon.com/thecranewives
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We darkened the cover art so hopefully it's a little easier to read!

Full lyrics:

Tell me once again
I could've 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've 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've 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 wanna 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've been anyone, anyone)
I shine only with the light you gave me
(I could've been anyone, anyone)

The Crane Wives - The Hand That Feeds (Lyric Video)

The Crane Wives 2021-06-29 | 🌕 Join our Patreon: patreon.com/thecranewives
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To celebrate the release of Foxlore AND Coyote Stories on vinyl, we'll be posting a series of lyric videos highlighting songs from both records!

Full Lyrics:

I've seen good men spoiled
Chained to their jobs like hounds
They work and sleep and work again
In the darkest nights they howl
Their cries are a warning
To everyone following
No man should stand to work all of his days
And have nothing at the end of them

I got no money but the change
That jingles in my pockets
Reminding me how little I have
And as for time I am
Powerless to stop it
It keeps rambling on like a mad, wandering man

My papa was a howlin' man
Traded in his youth
Sold his dreams and all of his days
For the great American ruse
And my dear papa gave me
Lessons in regret
He said all that he'd done would be for nothing
If I followed in his steps

I got no money but the change
That jingles in my pockets
Reminding me how little I have
And as for time I am
Powerless to stop it
It keeps rambling on like a mad, wandering man

My papa taught me how to howl
How to bare my teeth and growl
He taught me that the hand that feeds
Deserves to be bitten when it beats
He taught me how to break my chains
And that money ain't worth a thing
And that no man should get
More of my time than me, than me

I may never be a rich man
But I can, make sure that I am free
I may never be a rich man
The rich man will never have me, never have me
I may never be a rich man
But I can make sure that I am free
I may never be a rich man
The rich man will never have me, never have me

I got no money but the change
That jangles in my pockets
Reminding me how little I have
But as for time, as for time
It's mine
it's mine

The Crane Wives - Ribs (Lyric Video)

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Full Lyrics:

Marrow made a wife of Eve
But no one gave up a rib for me and mine
And my heart stayed exposed to the elements
Calloused and untouched by a man's design

Oh, my ugly organs, how lucky we are
(How lucky we are)

Brick and mortar between my bones
Built a kingdom fierce and fortified
And my name faded from a yellow page
But the stones are laid upon the mountainside

Oh, my savage empire, how lucky we are
(How lucky we are)
Never to be moved by
The words of a liar

The dark doesn't frighten me
I chose to close my eyes
It is mine
It is mine
The night doesn't frighten me
I chose to let it thrive
It is mine
It is mine

Time has changed the metaphor
Now dust is not the origin of bone
Little girl, don't let them sell you any armor
All your ribs are still your own

Oh, my precious child, how lucky you are
(How lucky you are)
Handed down a shield for
Your tender parts

The dark doesn't frighten me
I chose to close my eyes
It is mine
It is mine
The night doesn't frighten me
I chose to let it thrive
It is mine
It is mine

The dark doesn't frighten me
I chose to close my eyes
It is mine
It is mine
The night doesn't frighten me
I chose to close my eyes
It is mine
It is mine

The Crane Wives - Turn Out The Lights (Lyric Video)

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Full Lyrics:

You don't have to believe every single thought
That tumbles through your head
Just 'cause it sounds like you talking

Sometimes all you can do is say goodnight
And tuck your demons into bed
'Cause they're not worth fighting

Turn out the lights on your racing mind
Turn out the lights on your racing mind

Keep a running list of all your doubts and your dead ends
And when you pull yourself out of bed
You'll taste them on the tip of your tongue

And in the morning when you're standing in the shower
With the water pouring down
You'll dwell on all you ever did wrong

Turn out the lights on your racing mind
Turn out the lights on your racing mind

What good has ever come of it
What answers will you find?
Turn out the lights on your mind
Oh, turn out the lights on your mind
Turn out the lights on your mind

You don't have to believe every single thought
That tumbles through your head
Just 'cause it sounds like you talking

The Crane Wives - Unraveling (Lyric Video)

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I once loved a tailor who took eager care of me
Sewed together my loose ends with stitches neat and clean
But now my love is gone
And I am left unraveling
Unraveling

I once loved a gardener with his dirt-smudged face and hands
Trimmed my weeds and gave me room to grow my flowers again
But now my love is gone
And I am left here withering
Withering

I once loved a carpenter who carved a smile for me
Sanded my rough edges, crafted new and lovely things
But now my love is gone
And I can’t help the fracturing

I never knew that I needed you

I once loved a man who kissed me once before he left
Tied me up in knots and said he’d soon return again
But now my love is gone
And I am left unraveling
Unraveling
Unraveling
Unraveling

The Crane Wives - Allies Or Enemies (Lyric Video)

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The words I speak are wildfires and weeds
They spread like some awful damn disease
I swear I didn’t mean what I said
I swear I didn’t mean it

Now listen close
You owe me ears for dropping eaves
Forget it all
You caught me in a moment weak
Sometimes I just can’t help myself
Sometimes I can’t help myself at all

Are we allies or enemies?
This will be the death of me

Remember when
I could tell you not to smile when you were mad?
And you would always crack, and we’d both be laughing in the end
Now you’re not so quick to forget

Are we allies or enemies?
This will be the death of me
This will be the death of me
All is fair in love and war, but I can’t fight with you anymore
This will be the death of me

What happens now?
Do we have another go?
Do we bow out and take our separate roads?
I’ll admit I’ve had my doubts
But I want to be let in not out
But I want to be let in not out

Are we allies or enemies?
This will be the death of me
This will be the death of me
All is fair in love and war, but I can’t fight with you anymore
This will be the death of me

Are we allies or enemies?
This will be the death of me

The Crane Wives - Down The River (Lyric Video)

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I've been wishing that you'd prove me wrong
That you'd come clean and rue the damage done
Restore my faith in you
But you've got no reason to

'Cause ain't it easier to just move on?
One door closing means another one
Opens unto
Some unsuspecting fool

Sure, you can forget about all the things you've done
But what about the rest of us?
(What about the rest of us?)
High-tail it when it gets to be too much
But what about the rest of us?
(What about the rest of us?)

Sell us down the river
You can sell us down the river
You were never the one
To suffer

I've been hearing that you're leaving town
The dust never settles when you're around
Too many people with
Your name on top of their lists
Now, tell me, when you start again
Where will you house your skeletons?
Or will they stay behind
Your settlement in kind?
Sure, you can forget about all the things you've done
But what about the rest of us?
(What about the rest of us?)
High-tail it when it gets to be too much
What about the rest of us?
(What about the rest of us?)
Sell us down the river
You can sell us down the river
You were never the one
To suffer

Down the river
Down the river
Down the river
Down the river

The Crane Wives - Curses (Lyric Video)

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There’s a fire in my brain and I’m burning up
Oh my, oh my
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry
Oh my, oh my
Every word I say is kindling
But the smoke clears when you’re around
Won’t you stay with me, my darling
When my walls start burning down, down, down

This house says my name like an elegy,
Oh my, oh my
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be
Oh my, oh my
There’s still cobwebs in the corners
And the backyard’s full of bones
Won’t you stay with me, my darling
When this house don’t feel like home
When this house don’t feel like home

Ashes, ashes, dust to dust
The devil’s after both of us
Oh, lay my curses all to rest
And make a mercy out of me

This tired old machine is a’ rumbling,
Oh my, oh my
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye
Oh my, oh my
All my aching bones are trembling
And I may yet fall apart
Won’t you stay with me, my darling
When the war starts in my heart
When the war starts in my heart

Ashes, ashes, dust to dust
The devil’s after both of us
Oh, lay my curses all to rest
And make a mercy out of me

Ashes, ashes, dust to dust
Tell me I am good enough
Oh, lay my curses all to rest
And make a mercy out of...

The Crane Wives - Not the Ghost (Lyric Video)

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From the album Foxlore

Not the Ghost

Oh, turn your lamps down low
Keep the light so dim that you can’t see
What’s out there ahead of you
My dear, there are secrets here
I will carry them home,
Carry them home

If only I could break the chain of disappointments
Weighing me down
Shake off the ghosts that whisper warnings
Whenever you’re not around
But I won’t be afraid of all the things I’ve wanted
It’s the fear and not the ghost
That leaves me haunted, haunted

See what a life you lead--
You’re an anchor for all the heaviest regrets
Inside of you
Escape, we collect mistakes
I will carry them home,
Carry them home

If only I could break the chain of disappointments
Weighing me down
Shake off the ghosts that whisper warnings
Whenever you’re not around
But I won’t be afraid of all the things I’ve wanted
It’s the fear and not the ghost
That leaves me haunted, haunted

The Crane Wives - Nobody (Live from The Listening Room)

The Crane Wives 2020-11-01 | Music and lyrics by The Crane Wives
from Here I Am: Live from the Listening Room (Available for digital download - www.thecranewives.bandcamp.com)
Released on 2020-10-14
Artwork by Emilee Petersmark

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The Crane Wives - The Wolf (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives 2020-10-23 | Music and lyrics by The Crane Wives
from Here I Am: Live from the Listening Room (Available for digital download - www.thecranewives.bandcamp.com)
Released on 2020-10-14
Artwork by Emilee Petersmark

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The Crane Wives - The Wolf (Live from The Listening Room)

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Music and lyrics by The Crane Wives
from Here I Am: Live from the Listening Room (Available for download: thecranewives.bandcamp.com)
Released on 2020-10-14

The Crane Wives - October (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - The Hand that Feeds (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Tongues and Teeth (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - High Horse (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives 2020-10-14 | Music and lyrics by The Crane Wives
from Here I Am: Live from the Listening Room (Available for download: thecranewives.bandcamp.com)
Released on 2020-10-14

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The Crane Wives - Allies or Enemies (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Down the River (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives 2020-10-14 | Music and lyrics by The Crane Wives
from Here I Am: Live from the Listening Room (Available for download: thecranewives.bandcamp.com)
Released on 2020-10-14

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The Crane Wives - Empty Page (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Curses (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Taking Turns (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Drown You Out (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Hollow Moon (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives 2020-10-14 | Music and lyrics by The Crane Wives
from Here I Am: Live from the Listening Room
Released on 2020-10-14

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The Crane Wives - Here I Am (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Nobody (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Nothing at All (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Daydreamer (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives 2020-10-14 | Daydreamer (Live) by The Crane Wives
Music and lyrics by The Crane Wives
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Released on 2020-10-14

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The Crane Wives - Metaphor (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Volta (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives - Sowing Seeds (Live from the Listening Room)

The Crane Wives 2020-10-14 | Music and lyrics by The Crane Wives
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Released on 2020-10-14

Artwork by Emilee Petersmark

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The Crane Wives - Queen of Nothing (Live from the Listening Room)

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Queen of Nothing
by The Crane Wives

Stop the car, I wanna get out
I'm craving open air and solid ground
'Cause I've been watching from the backseat,
Watching the world slipping past me,
Feeling the weight of gravity holding me down, holding me down, holding me

Isn't this what you wanted?
Time sure feels like it's running out
Just finish what you started
Queen of nothing,
Wearing such a heavy crown

Like a moth in the night
I'm desperate for a minute in the light
'Cause everywhere that I go,
Something pulls me to the shadows
And I'm trying not to get too close,
But it's always there, saying my name, calling to me

Isn't this what you wanted?
Time sure feels like it's running out
Just finish what you started
Queen of nothing
Wearing such a heavy crown

On and on to the next town
Can we slow down?
Time isn't running out
Time isn't running out

On and on to the next town
Can we slow down?
Time isn't running out
Time isn't running out

Isn't this what you wanted?
Time sure feels like it's running out
Just finish what you started
Queen of nothing,
Wearing such a heavy crown

The Crane Wives - Sowing Seeds | NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2019

The Crane Wives 2019-04-14 | The Crane Wives perform "Sowing Seeds" live for the NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2019.

(check out our 2018 Tiny Desk Contest video here: youtube.com/watch?v=2s8x7nf_fyQ)

If you like what you hear, look for this tune on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, and all other digital platforms!

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This video was filmed and edited by DJ Viernes of Symmetry Films
Audio mixed and mastered by Ben Zito of Centennial Sound

Lyrics:

Still as a lake long after the wind is gone
In the face of a thief mashing ground to mud
Still as a street long after the work is done
As he gnashes his teeth, as he cuts it up, cuts it up

Pure venom radiating from the signal tower
The sun's long set and it's growing darker by the hour
I hope you're listening
This gale is whistling
The door broke open, and if we blink we stand to miss this

We're all easy fast asleep
Sick of the buzz and beep
Sowing the seeds we reap

The Crane Wives - Hollow Moon

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Dedicated to all of the anxious thoughts that keep me up at night.

Video filmed by Josh Skinner and edited by DJ Viernes of Symmetry Films. Audio mixed and mastered by Ben Zito of Centennial Sound.

Lyrics:

Late at night
When the stars don't look quite right
In the darkness
Slowly crawling over my skin
Whispers at the door,
"Let us in, let us in."

I'm a fool
I've been howling at a hollow moon
There's something burning in the
Empty room inside of my head
Fill it up with doubt
Let it in, let it spread

I won't be sleeping
There's too many monsters in the backyard
And I feel them creeping
Closer, closer, closer

I'm afraid
Is this a bunker or a shallow grave?
Either way I'm left
Holding onto the shovel and rope
Digging in the dirt
Finding bones, finding ghosts

I won't be sleeping
There's too many monsters in the backyard
And I feel them creeping
Closer, closer, closer

But if I made my bed
Did I make the demons in it?
Set 'em free from my head
Did I make the demons in it?