[Verse 1]
They say it fades if you let it
Love was made to forget it
I carved your name across my eyelids
You pray for rain I pray for blindness
[Chorus]
If you still want me, please forgive me
The crown of love has fallen from me
If you still want me, please forgive me
Because the spark is not within me
[Verse 2]
I snuffed it out before my mom walked in my bedroom
The only thing that you keep changing
Is your name, my love keeps growing
Still the same, just like a cancer
And you won't give me a straight answer!
[Chorus]
If you still want me, please forgive me
The crown of love has fallen from me
If you still want me please forgive me
Because your hands are not upon me
[Verse 3]
I shrugged them off before my mom walked in my bedroom
The pains of love, and they keep growing
In my heart there's flowers growing
On the grave of our old love
Since you gave me a straight answer
[Chorus]
[Outro x2]
You gotta be the one
You gotta be the way
Your name is the only word that I can say
Crown of Love (The Arcade Fire) was written by Howard Bilerman & Josh Deu & Jeremy Gara & Richard Reed Parry & Sarah Neufeld & Will Butler & Régine Chassagne & Win Butler.
Ezra Furman released Crown of Love (The Arcade Fire) on Tue Jul 28 2015.
In the Stage Left podcast in Jan 2016, Ezra was asked why he chose this track in particular to cover and he replied:
This song seems to have a lot in common with some things I’ve tried to write which are intended to be very influenced by doo wop and early rock and roll, with lyrics that you wouldn’...