If you didn’t know, the title of my blog, “When We Were Liars,” comes from a song called “Running for Home” by the Matthew Good Band. It’s a haunting song, very different from his usual work. Matthew Good is a Canadian artist who didn’t achieve much success in the U.S. but generally is showered with awards and critical respect in his home country. I think the man is a freakin’ genius.

I stumbled across this cover version of “Running for Home” by a young woman named Allison Crowe. Wow. Her version is just as haunting, although in a different way, than the original. Listen here. The file opens in your browser using QuickTime.

Running for Home
They beam things into your head
The ghosts of your pleasure and contempt
When we were liars things were seamless
When we were wired the world was like a secret
I close my eyes now and I scream
I turn the light on and there’s nothing left redeeming
I saw your face before it changed
The gun it makes you look nicer in a bad way

So low for how high?

Well it’s too late tonight
And I’m sure you’re right
As low for how high

And after this there’s just the circus
And every morning you carnie heart stops working
It gets tight in there sometimes
Looking for the defects, talking like it’s a reflex
I close my mouth now and I scream
I open the door and there’s nothing left redeeming
I saw your face before the rough
You should wait around awhile, your body’s bound to turn up

So low for how high?
Well it’s too late tonight
And I’m sure you’re right
As low for how high

∗ Posted by Monique on 01.29.2006
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