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Tom Ball's Cover of This Elton John Deep Cut is Absolutely Beautiful
The America's Got Talent: All-Stars Finalist sang the song to honor an important family member.
America's Got Talent: All-Stars finalist Tom Ball's recent cover has a deep, sentimental meaning.
When Ball posted a clip of him singing ''Original Sin'' by Elton John on February 3, his voice grew in intensity as he immersed himself in the music. And as always, his powerful vibrato was on point. It turns out, Ball chose to post the song as a meaningful shoutout to his mother.
''This is one of my Mums favourite songs 🎵 She used to play it all the time when i was growing up, so I thought I would give it a go. Hope you enjoy X,'' he captioned the post.
Listen to the beautiful cover later down in this post.
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What to know about ''Original Sin'' by Elton John
Released off of John's 2001 album Songs From the West Coast, ''Original Sin'' was written with John's songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. The lyrics tell the story of a relationship that collapses because one of the partners wasn't being true to themselves.
According to Far Out Magazine, the ''Original Sin'' did not achieve commercial success at first, but later became a fan-favorite, as fans would often request John to perform the song in concert.
''The album’s final single, ‘Original Sin’, is a considerably slow and tender song featuring John’s distinctive piano playing alongside Rusty Anderson’s guitars and Leonard on the keyboards,'' the outlet wrote of the power ballad.
In 2013, John himself told Rolling Stone that ''Original Sin'' was ''one of the best songs [he's] ever written.''
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The lyrics to ''Original Sin'' by Elton John
Oh, it's carnival night
And they're stringing the lights around you
Hanging paper angels
Painting little devils on the roof
Oh the furnace wind
Is a flickering of wings about your face
In a cloud of incense
Yea, it smells like Heaven in this place
I can't eat, can't sleep
Still I hunger for you when you look at me
That face, those eyes
All the sinful pleasures deep inside
Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in
Underneath my skin,
Oh you were always my original sin
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin
This dangerous game
Oh you were always my original sin
A dream will fly
The moment that you open up your eyes
A dream is just a riddle
Ghosts from every corner of your life
Up in the balcony
All the Romeo's are bleeding for your hand
Blowing theater kisses
Reciting lines they don't understand
