Jewel

Released: November 17, 1998

Songwriter: John D. Loudermilk Jewel

Producer: Peter Collins Patrick Leonard

[Verse 1]
Inside my skin
There is this space
It twists and turns
It bleeds and aches
Inside my heart
There's an empty room
It's waiting for lightning
It's waiting for you

[Chorus]
And I am wanting
I am needing you
To be here
Inside the absence of fear

[Verse 2]
Muscle and sinew
Velvet and stone
This vessel is haunted
It creaks and moans
My bones call to you
In a separate skin
I make myself translucent
To let you in, boy

[Chorus]
I am wanting
And I am needing you
To be here
Inside the absence of fear

[Bridge]
There is this hunger
This restlessness inside of me
And it knows that you're no stranger
You're my gravity
My hands will adore you
Through all darkness aim
They will lay you out in moonlight
And reinvent your name

[Chorus / Outro]
For I am wanting
And I am needing you
To be here
I need you near
Inside the absence of fear

Jewel Kilcher was born May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah and raised in Homer, Alaska by her parents, Atz and Lenedra Carroll Kilcher. She is divorced from husband Ty Murray, with whom they share a son, Kase Townes Murray, who was born on July 11, 2011. Jewel is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress and author/poet. She is known for yodeling during her concerts. She has appeared on 7th Heaven and Crime Scene Investigation, among others. She played the lead of June Carter Cash in Ring of Fire, a Lifetime original movie. Besides vocals, instruments that Jewel plays are the guitar and autoharp. Songs that Jewel is noted for include “Foolish Games” and “You Were Meant For Me”.

As of 2010, Jewel has sold 15.2 million albums in her career, according to SoundScan.

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