House Of Silence

Crawl Into The Light Andrew Gold - "Well, I wrote it and recorded it originally in the weeks after September 11th, about those incidences. I did the bulk of the song and then handed it to the guys for use on the album as an extra secret track, but they liked it so much, they just put it on, after adding a very nice bridge and some voices and guitars etc." "What I like about the song is the way the first 2 verses build to the chorus talking about American feelings of security and patriotism ("...flying over amber waves of grain") and then the desire literally and allegorically to crawl out from the collapsed feeling of security, not to mention a collapsed building, into the light. Then the 3rd verse talks about terrorists hidding behind a false image of the Koran, "Cowering in the dirt" and raising generations of haters...and the chorus, sung exactly the same asks them to "crawl into the light" of evolved love and compassion, and away from the dark ages they seem to be stuck in..." "Anyway, it was a highly emotional song for me to write, and the bridge Kenny and Wendy wrote is the perfect last thought about loss of innocense turning to rage and the question posed: how can people get so far away from being human that they become true monsters?"

Crawl Into The Light
Andrew Gold, Kenny Edwards, Wendy Waldman
Quarkbrain/Zomba (BMI), Valgovind Music (BMI), Big Kitty Music (ASCAP)

I hear the sound of rolling thunder There is a fire in the sky And all we knew is sinking under We are falling down Runnin blind Think last night I dreamt of flying Over amber waves of grain Now in the darkness I am lying If there's someone there Call my name Crawl Into The Light Hear my voice and take my hand All that you believe It will crumble where you stand Dark and frightened mind Don't get trapped inside Crawl Into The light You that hide behind the sacred You that cower in the dirt Fill your children with such hatred Why does love make you so afraid Give in before it's too late chorus How does innocence Die so quietly Leaving nothing but A cold rage burning I don't understand What it's like to get so far away till there's no returning

Andrew Gold - keyboards, electric guitar, bass, programming, vocal Kenny Edwards - mandolin, vocals Wendy Waldman - acoustic guitar, vocal Karla Bonoff - vocal Scott Babcock - drums, percussion

lyrics reprinted with permission