Kina Grannis
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new song and video: "another way"
🕑 Added 2021-10-01 18:32:29 +0000 UTCfriends friends friends, hello!! things are feeling pretty nutso over here, but in a good way. feels like a frantic/exciting/overwhelming final push to an unknown and rapidly approaching finish line... that is also a starting line?? the closer we get to a baby being here the less any of this makes sense. it's all too big and too mysterious and too mind-blowing to comprehend.
i've been finishing up final preparations for the album release--i think we're actually gonna pull this off!! it may be a while before i'm able to make physical cds or vinyl available, but the plan is to do that down the road.
on the baby front, we finally have a crib built! i can't tell you how surreal it is to see it in our house--in the room we dreamed of putting a baby in for 5 years, in the room that eventually got filled with junk and closed off from the rest of the house, in the room that we cleared out to turn into a sacred space for my injections when we started IVF almost 2 years ago.
in other news--a new song and video is here! meet "another way" if you haven't yet! i wrote some words about it that i shared on social media this morning. they are below :) i've also attached the mp3 download to this message for your listening pleasure! (it's also on spotify, apple, all the other places!)
sending so so so much love and gratitude your way <3
xo
kina
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if there's one thing life has taught me time and time again, it's that things rarely go to plan. and if there's a second thing life has taught me, it's that when i kick and scream and resist what has happened, i just end up generating more pain for myself.
... okay and if there's a THIRD thing life has taught me, it's that more often than not, after a little time and space and acceptance, i manage to find a lot of beauty and learnings and unexpectedly wonderful things that would not have otherwise existed if things had gone according to my original (and completely made up) plan.
there's no spinning that so many of life's events are just unbearably unfair and painful and heartbreaking. but if this is how the cards have fallen, how much energy might we waste fruitlessly resisting what has come to pass and wishing it away? the more i have learned to surrender to the unfolding of things, allowing myself to feel that pain and heartache fully, while trying to find a way to move forward WITH it, as opposed to living in a perpetual state of resistance/anger/sadness/resentment, the more i have found some level of peace, and the more i have been able to see the beauty that does still exist in every moment. this of course doesn't mean we passively accept the way things are--if there is something to be DONE about things, we should by all means DO it!! but there's definitely something to be gained by learning to differentiate between the times where we can do something about it and the times we can't.
so now, when life laughs at my little human plans and throws something else my way, i try to soften. i honor my pain, and hold out hope that there may someday be beauty and growth and magic born from this very moment. who am i to presume to know the way things *should* go.
this is what my new song, “another way”, is all about. i hope it resonates with you somehow <3
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Another Way Lyrics
How would you know if what you’re needing
Isn’t something you’re not seeing
What if you lost the chance to be what you could be
How would you know that something better
Wasn’t waiting for bad weather
To soak its seeds, to give you everything you need
We have a habit of
Thinking we know the way it goes
Then it goes another way
I know the latter is not a laughing matter
But it seems we’d be crazy not to think
That maybe this could be
Exactly what should be
How would you know if someone wiser
Wasn’t forging in these fires
What if you’d washed away what could’ve set you free
How would you know if you’ve mistaken
When your heart is bruised and aching
For a bad thing when all you needed was to bleed
We have a habit of
Thinking we know the way it goes
Then it goes another way
I know the latter is not a laughing matter
But it seems we’d be crazy not to think
That maybe this could be
Exactly what should be
What if we choose that we’ll let go of
All the things we’ve no control of
What if we learn to love whatever comes to be
Comments
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I’m bad at picking favorites, but this *might* be my favorite song on the album so far:)
ahhh KINA!! so excited for the new album but also way way way more excited for the beautiful new life you and Jesse are bringing into the world. this baby is so so loved and lucky, and I’m so happy for the both of you!!!! also in love with “another way”. such a beautiful song with absolutely beautiful lyrics❤️❤️
words can't describe how happy i am for you. and that song is incredible <3
Beautiful work Kina. Thank you and all good wishes as you prepare to greet your child. I'm so happy for you both. I mean, all. So happy for you all. Awesome.
Amazing song Kina!! <3
JamieB
Beautifully said. Beautifully sung. Thought as passion and life as breath
Kristine Kim
Sending so much love, Kina!! I'm so excited for you and Jesse to take the next step in this journey when you welcome your little one. Having recently become a mom, that whirlwind feeling doesn't really ever stop, and it's so joyful and messy all at once. (And while I know I'm basically a stranger, please feel free to reach out if you need some support or have a question ❤️)
Hridayinee
oh I love this Kina! You're such a story teller.. with beautiful lyrics. And the piano went perfectly with yr song. Thank u!
Such a timely post, at the end of one of the harder weeks at work. Thank you Kina, your sharing of the lessons learned so far in life has served as a reminder and pull me out of a eery rabbit hole. There is always another way, we just need to be open to it. Definitely easier said then done...but no harm in trying. Hope you are able to get some rest between the party time baby seems to be having. She might have picked up some night owl tendencies early 😉 Sending much love to you Jesse and baby as the clock winds down 💛
