Building A Mystery -- Sarah McLachlan

Charted: 1997
Peaked at #13
Arista -- 13395
Written by Sarah McLachlan / Pierre Marchand
From the album "Surfacing"
B-Side "I Will Remember You"
Cassette -- 4:07

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
And so careful
When I'm in your arms

Chorus:
'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

Chorus

Oh, 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