Saturday, March 19, 2011

you're in my blood

Top ten:

10 . Lotus Flower Radiohead
9 . Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes
8 . Heartbeats (The Knife Cover) Ellie Goulding
7 . Tonight's the Kind of Night Noah And The Whale
6 . Need You Now Cut Copy
5 . I Follow Rivers (Acoustic) Lykke Li
4 . Towards The Sun Alexi Murdoch
3 . What Was It You Said About Luck James Blake
2 . Youth Knows No Pain Lykke Li
1 . A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell Cover) James Blake


James Blake's remake of Joni Mitchell's A Case Of You is so crazy good that I've been listening to it for the last month. Here are the lyrics:

Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice
Oh you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
oh I would still be on my feet

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

I remember that time you told me you said
"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said
"Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"

Oh but you are in my blood
You're my holy wine
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet

Oh, I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

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