Kina Grannis
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New Song: Too Much (Original Demo)
🕑 Added 2019-01-24 23:26:45 +0000 UTCoh boy am i filled with nerves right now! AH.
ok. so this is the second time i'll be sharing a demo of an unreleased song with you all. the first time was back in november when i shared "enough" (if you missed it, you can listen here). is it weird that that song was called "enough" and this one is called "too much"? yes. yes it is. but what can you do, huh?
it feels no less incredibly nerve-wracking the second time doing this, but i suppose that's a feeling that will never go away. still i want to push through this, because i really love the idea of letting you all in on my process a little more. especially as i may not be releasing new songs publicly for a while, it feels right that you all get to hear some of them along the way since you're the ones making all this possible.
anyway, like i tend to do for new songs, i'm going to let you make what you will of it and not share too much at this point. what i will say is it was an incredibly therapeutic and necessary writing session for me. i wrote it about a month ago. typically my first recordings of new songs are into my iphone, but this one i happened to write straight into my recording software--hence all the crazy reverb. i'd been playing and singing with headphones on and the reverb set the tone and allowed me let go a little. the song came out in about 30 minutes. i'm still not sure what to make of it, but it really helped me process a lot of emotions i'd been sitting with, and in that way it kind of feels like a win regardless of whatever happens to the song. mental health ftw :)
anyway, with no further ado, "too much".
so grateful to have you all in this family. thanks for going on this ride with me and allowing me to keep doing what i love <3
xo
kina
too much (lyrics)
am i too much for you to take
am i too much for you to break
i am already underway
am i too much to give away
if you unravel me maybe there’s more to see
am i too much for you to take
am i too much for you
are there too many little things
that get in the way for you
if i lose another rope, maybe i’ll let it go
and if you like you get my heart again, heart again
and if you like you get my heart again, heart again
was it too much for me to say
am i too much for you to take
does it make you want to get away
find somewhere quiet you can stay
i never know where you go when you let me go
photographs playing out, empty your head
i can be open, i’m trying again
am i too much for you to take
am i too much for you
are there too many little things
the get in the way for you
if i lose another rope, maybe i’ll let it go
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Comments
Very haunting...in a good way. It hits me right in the center of my being because I've been told this by everyone I've ever loved. I've had friends tell me I'm " too much", too hard to be friends with. I've had significant others tell me I'm "too much", too hard to love or too much to deal with. It's hard always being too much for people.
Love the dreamy feel of this soothing tune 😌 .. keep up the great work and thanks for sharing 🎶🙏
I wish I could be as brave as you. Thank you for leading the way.
Ohh, Kina. Sometimes the universe is crazy with the way it delivers its timing. Thank you for this lovely little morsel of heaven in your vocals, guitar, arrangement, and lyrics. Those lyrics... Haunting indeed. The universe feels like it's crashing down around me, but songs like this give me hope. 💙
Fills me with so many different feelings. I love how the voice starts the song and how the guitar is like the accent xx wonderful xx
This was hauntingly beautiful. I could really feel the emotion in this. I am so glad that you have let us in on this part of the creative process. Thank you :)
:'( it's beautiful, Kina, as always x
so lovely, as all your songs are! thank you for sharing! ❤️
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Nikhita Poole
Oh gosh that was so beautiful... I felt like I was coming out of a trance when it ended. I've been dealing with a lot of these emotions recently, and I felt this so deeply. thank you <3
I was reading the lyrics before I listened and already was like omg omg omg I know this feeling soo well. I have it all the time. And then I listened! Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for sharing this! This means so much to me right now. ♡ ♡ ♡
Thank you for sharing Kina! <3
