Building A Mystery

Album: Surfacing (1997)
Charted: 13
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  • 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 a beautiful
    A beautiful fucked up man
    You're setting up your
    Razor wire shrine

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

    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
    Oh, yeah, you're working
    Building a mystery
    And choosing so carefully

    You're building a mystery Writer/s: Pierre Marchand, Sarah Ann McLachlan
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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