Thursday, August 14, 2008

Building A Mystery cover by Kina Grannis

So I am viewing Joannutts latest blog entry just now, she posted a you tube video from this lady Kina Grannis. Then I viewed some of her cover songs on her you tube channel and gee.. That girl’s cover of Building a Mystery by Sarah Mclachlan sweeps me off my feet.. it's not just the musicality of the song itself, but the words of it is still a mystery to me??? Anyway, I thought the original version played by Sarah on the piano sounded good, but Kina’s acoustic guitar version is actually better.. She’s a natural I would say :) I was so captivated by this song before, but even more so now :)



You come out at night
That's when the energy comes
And the dark side's light
And the vampires roam
You strut your rasta wear
And your suicide poem
And a cross from a faith that died
Before Jesus came
You're building a mystery

You live in a church
Where you sleep with voodoo dolls
And you won't give up the search
For the ghosts in the halls
You wear sandals in the snow
And a smile that won't wash away
Can you look out the window
Without your shadow getting in the way?

You're so beautiful
With an edge and charm
but so careful
When I'm in your arms

Cause you're working
Building a mystery
Holding on and holding it in
Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
And choosing so carefully

You woke up screaming aloud
A prayer from your secret god
You feed off our fears
And hold back your tears, oh
Give us a tantrum
And a know it all grin
Just when we need one
When the evening's thin

You're so beautiful
With an edge and charm
but so careful
When I'm in your arms

Ooh you're working
Building a mystery
Holding on and holding it in
Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
And choosing so carefully

Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
Holding on and holding it in
Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
And choosing so carefully

You're building a mystery

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