"She Crawls Away" is a song by Hootie & The Blowfish that explores the complicated emotions of a woman who struggles with self-doubt and self-hatred. The narrator of the song watches as the woman in question sees him, smiles, and then starts to hate herself once again. She screams something under her breath that he cannot hear, and turns to try and start a conversation with a man who is not really there. The woman dreams of loving the narrator, but he sees that she is struggling with her own demons and that they are missing something crucial in their relationship. He describes her as someone whom he has never seen so strong before, and who brings out the best in him. However, the woman seems to run away from their relationship whenever things get too intense or emotional. She wears white pants and a Miami sweater, talks about her love for the O's (implying that she is a Orioles baseball fan), and smiles like sunshine even as her tears hurt like leather. The narrator knows that she is the only one for him, but he cannot quite figure out how to make things work between them. He acknowledges that she may be laying with another man when he is not around, but he still believes that there is something special about her that he cannot deny. The song ends on a note of sadness and uncertainty, as the narrator wonders where the woman was yesterday and reflects on the complexities of his own heart. He knows that he needs her, but he is not sure how to express that in a way that she will understand. Ultimately, "She Crawls Away" is a song about the challenges of loving someone who is struggling with their own inner demons, and the pain of not being able to fix things for them.
