You Keep Me Crawling

## *The Gods We Can Touch* standard chronology

"**You Keep Me Crawling**", previously titled "**Bad Omens**", is a song by AURORA from her album, *The Gods We Can Touch*. It was written and produced by Aurora and Magnus Skylstad.

## Background

Aurora noted in the promotional text for her 2022 North America tour the main reason she wrote the song:

> "I'd been trying to explain the soul of this album, and when I made You Keep Me Crawling it felt like the last word. After I had written it, I wasn't hungry for more. I felt like I was satisfied."
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Aurora later explained to *Apple Music*:

> "I wrote 'You Keep Me Crawling' and 'Giving In to the Love' around the same time. I was just humming the chorus melody all day and I decided that it needed to be a song. It came like puke out of my mouth. It's kind of a happy accident of a child."
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"You Keep Me Crawling" was originally named "Bad Omens", but her record company thought it was too 'scary' and she had to change it.

## About the song

This song is inspired by power and how, in the wrong hands, it can be so evil. Aurora said to FLUX FM:

> "It's about the unbalanced power play in the world. You see it in so many different situations; you see it among people, you see it sometimes acted out between different races, in racism, in inequality. You see it between teachers and their students, between preachers and their audiences. And between religion, organized religion, and people of faith."
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## Lyrics

If I keep

If I keep forgiving maybe I'll believe

That you never meant for life to hurt for me

Maybe I'll recover if you set me free

But why does it make me feel

Like I am weak and small

Why do I keep begging like the animal

Maybe it's because I need to serve someone

So you keep me crawling on my knees

Oh, you keep me crawling on my knees

Oh, you keep me crawling on my knees

Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees

Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees

Lord, you keep me crawling

Oh, you keep me crawling

Lord, you keep me crawling

If I keep

If I keep confessing

Maybe I'll believe

That you never meant for love to hurt for me

Maybe you could feel a little sympathy

But why do I make you feel like you are big and strong

Why do you keep hunting like an animal

Maybe it's because you need to own someone

So you keep me crawling on my knees

Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees

Oh, you keep me crawling on my knees

Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees

Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees

Lord, you keep me crawling

Lord, you keep me crawling

Lord, you keep me crawling

Lord, you keep me crawling!

Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees!

If I stop

If I stop believing

Maybe you will see

Giving in to love should never hurt for me

Giving in to love should set me free

Lyrics transcribed by listening.

## Lyric video

AURORA - You Keep Me Crawling (Lyric Video)
## Cross-references

* The lyrics "*giving in to love should never hurt for me*" and "*giving in to love should set me free*" directly reference her song "Giving In to the Love".

## References

1. ↑ https://digital.umusic.com/auroraquiz
2. ↑ https://www.majesticdetroit.com/event/11303325/AURORA+Presents+The+Gods+We+Can+Touch+Tour/
3. ↑ https://rentry.co/t4tei
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220419090913/https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-gods-we-can-touch/1589814809
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmFgEeMzhvk&t=252s