We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Cricket Heart

from Mid​-​March Meltdown by Ember Swift

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1.25 CAD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

CRICKET HEART

There once was a man with a chirp in his heart
much like he had swallowed a cricket
When she held her ear pressed to the rise of his chest
She heard a sweet night serenade

But the man with the chirping heart was not one
who readily shared all his thinkin’
So when the cricket’s tune played
Did it prove it was love they had made?

So in love…

Then came a night when the cricket’s tune ceased
to give enough peace to her mind
so she asked him point blank and her heart slowly sank
When he paused to consider his answer

The man with the cricket heart was the type
for whom words were not said if not certain
It’s true that he loved her
But what about their future?

So in love…

A cricket just sings
It starts in late spring
Through summer and fall every year

Though quiet in winter
Love is there, don’t deny it
That chirping of doubt in her ear

So the man with the cricket housed in his heart
on this night held her tight in a whisper
With his hand on her back, pressed her flat to his chest
Finally his fears confessed

So in love…

A cricket just sings
It starts in late spring
Through summer and fall every year

Though quiet in winter
Love is there, don’t deny it
Silent chirping of doubt in her ear

A cricket’s consistent
But her love is persistent
Beats like a heart through her veins

So silence the worries
Snow storms tempered to flurries
Quiet the cricket, and your love will remain
A cricket just sings
Consistent like spring
But this love, it persists, even when your doubt kicks it down

So silence those worries
Snow storms tempered to flurries
Quiet the cricket and your love, and your love, she’ll stick around

credits

from Mid​-​March Meltdown, released March 27, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Ember Swift image

Ember Swift 北京市, China

Canadian artist Ember Swift is an internationally touring musician, songwriter, and founder of the independent label Few’ll Ignite Sound. Originally from Toronto, she has spent the past decade + in the magnetic city of Beijing, China. In non-pandemic times, she tours throughout Europe and Asia and returns to North America at least once a year for live performances and special events. ... more

contact / help

Contact Ember Swift

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Ember Swift, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now