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Marillion 'The Crow and the Nightingale' (Official Audio) - An Hour Before It's Dark
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Marillion
Marillion
Performer
Ian Mosley
Ian Mosley
Drums
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
Keyboards
Peter Trewavas
Peter Trewavas
Performer
Steve Hogarth
Steve Hogarth
Vocals
Steve Rothery
Steve Rothery
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ian Mosley
Ian Mosley
Composer
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
Composer
Peter Trewavas
Peter Trewavas
Composer
Steve Hogarth
Steve Hogarth
Composer
Steve Rothery
Steve Rothery
Composer

Lyrics

Thank you for your words of longing
Doesn't really matter whether or not I understood them
Doesn't really matter where they take me
Or how they take me
A witch-black hill in a storm
An unruly sea of salt-frozen fear
Or a paradise of palms
As long as it's not here
As long as it's not here
But a rooftop I can go, to scream above the birds
Adding my dull sheen to your brilliant words
A job for Christo
Wrapping the sun with silk
Wrapping the sun
Wrapping the sun with silk
Wrapping the sun
Wrapping the sun with silk
Make it something that can be looked at without hurting
I can try
I can't fly, but I'll open my rough beak
Squawk at the sky, the crow and the nightingale
I can't fly, but I'll open my rough beak
Squawk at the sky, the crow and the nightingale
The crow and the nightingale
Wrapping the sun with silk
Wrapping the sun
Wrapping the sun with silk
Make it something better than blindness
Better than darkness
Make it something that can be looked at without hurting
Without hurting
Locking Helen of Troy in a padded room
Behind frosted glass, howling at the moon
Squawking at the sky, a racket and a tune
Written by: Ian Mosley, Mark Kelly, Peter Trewavas, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery

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