Allison Crowe here performs "Double-Edged Swords" - a song from her most recent album/CD, release, "Spiral" - recorded in the same live-in-the-television studio session which captured Allison's piano take on Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain" (that video is also on Dailymotion). <br /> <br />Allison performed the two songs live on the super-popular culture and news magazine, "Out of the Fog", filmed in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada <br /> <br />Big thanks to the OotF team - Michael Fisher, Television Producer, Bruce Lane, Camera - and all the hosts and crew at Rogers television. <br /> <br />http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/double-edged-swords <br /> <br />Double-Edged Swords <br />Words & Music by Allison Crowe <br /> <br />Going backwards on the train to France <br />As Germany flies by <br />I find myself distracted and <br />Wondering where and what and why <br /> <br />I'm running away, running faster still <br />Slamming into a wall <br />The trips that I take myself on <br />Always lead to a fall <br /> <br />So don't hurt me, well, then maybe do <br />Maybe just let me be <br />I don't want to believe in anything <br />And I am not sure that I am free <br /> <br />If anything, don't lie to me <br />Just to play at words <br />Either run, walk, or attack me <br />You and your double-edged swords <br /> <br />I don't know why I get so close <br />So enraged, so serious <br />I don't know why my lucidities <br />Always lead to delirious... <br /> <br />But, they do, oh my they do <br />And I delight in the blood <br />Now, far beneath these wings, I think, <br />is something less than good <br /> <br />So, don't hurt me, but, then, maybe do <br />Maybe just let me be <br />I don't want to believe in anything <br />And I am not sure that I am free <br /> <br />If anything don't lie to me <br />just to play at words <br />Either run, walk, or attack me <br />You and your double-edged swords <br /> <br />Now, maybe this is just my imagination <br />If so ignore this proclamation <br />Hell, now I'm filled with indignation <br />So please accept my resignation <br /> <br />I'm unpredictable, unwise at times <br />Dangerous in changing light <br />Too deep, too dark to see through <br />Or clear, calm and bright <br /> <br />So, if you think you're trouble <br />Honey, what does that make me <br />If you think you're the forest, baby <br />That makes me the sea <br /> <br />So don't hurt me, well, then, maybe do <br />Maybe just let me be <br />I don't want to believe in anything <br />And I am not sure that I am free <br /> <br />If anything, don't lie to me <br />just to play at words <br />Either run, walk or attack me <br />You and your double-edged swords <br /> <br />Don't hurt me <br />Maybe just a little <br />Maybe just let me be <br />I don't want to believe in anything <br />and, then again, I kinda do <br /> <br />So, if anything don't lie to me <br />just to play at words <br />Either run, walk or attack me <br />You and your double-edged swords <br /> <br />Either run, walk or attack me <br />You and your double-edged swords
