Anna's Lyrics

These are all the lyrics to the songs featured on Wreck of the Day, as printed in the liner notes that came with the CD.

Breathe (2 AM)

2 AM and she calls me cause I'm still awake
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season."
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe

In May he turned 21 on the base of Ft. Bliss
"Just a day," he said down ot the flask in his fist
"Ain't been sober since maybe October of last year."
And here in town you can tell he's been down for a while
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cards on a cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, boys
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel
You shout cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around

2 AM and I'm still awake writing a song
If I get it all down on paper it's no longer inside of me
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them however you want to

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe

Citadel

I'm sitting on a citadel
Contemplating life
Making a point to waste my time
I'm walking on clouds of white

What if I fall?
What if I don't?
What if I never make it home?
What if I bleed?
What if I break?
And I find that I can't take
The city below the Citadel
Holding my own hand?

And I'm breaking on the balcony
Breaking window panes
Killing the pain of broken hearts
I'm walking on clouds
Walking on stars

What if I fall?
What if I don't?
What if I never make it home?
What if I bleed?
What if I break?
And I find that I can't take
The city below the Citadel
Holding my own hand?

I'm holdin on to something
It's keeping me from jumping
I'm so afraid to go it alone
And holding up this fortress
With imaginary forces
Longing for a life down below

What if I fall?
What if I don't?
What if I never make it home?
What if I bleed?
What if I break?
And I find that I can't take
The city below the Citadel
Holding my own hand?

Paper Bag

She don't run from the sun no more
She boxed her shadow and she won
Said, "I can see you laugh through these bottle caps
And this wire around my neck ain't there for fun

But someday we'll all be old
And I'll be so damn beautiful
Meanwhile I'll hide my head
Here in this paper bag
Cause if I can't see you then you can't see me
And it'll be okay
Fly little bee away
To where there's no more rain and I can be me

Yeah, they talk about her
She smiles like she's so tough
She says, "Hey, can you talk a little louder?
I don't think my heart is broken enough."

But someday we'll all be old
and I'll be so damn beautiful
Meanwhile I'll hide my head
Here in this paper bag
Cause if I can't see you then you can't see me
And it'll be okay
Fly little bee away
To where there's no more rain and I can be me

Some days I wade in the indigo
Singing that song on the radio
I blame these puddles on the rain
You now I gotta keep these cheeks dry today
Gotta keep my cheating strategy
And baby I'm gonna have it made

But someday we'll all be old
and I'll be so damn beautiful
Meanwhile I'll hide my head
Here in this paper bag
Cause if I can't see you then you can't see me
And it'll be okay
Fly little bee away
To where there's no more rain and I can be me

Wreck of the Day

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And the light's always red in the rearview
Desperately close to a coffin of hope
I'd cheat destiny just to be near you

And if this is giving up then I'm giving up
If this is giving up then I'm giving up
Giving up on love
On love

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And I'm thinking 'bout calling on Jesus
Cause love doesn't hurt so I know I'm not falling in love
I'm just falling to pieces

And if this is giving up then I'm giving up
If this is giving up then I'm giving up
Giving up on love
On love

And maybe I'm not up for being a victim of love
When all my resistance will never be distance enough

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And it's finally quiet in my head
Driving alone, finally on my way home
To the comfort of my bed

And if this is giving up then I'm giving up
If this is giving up then I'm giving up
Giving up on love
On love

Satellite

Black and blue I chose my wave
I, the candid castaway
In a way delayed
By one more broken season to
Find reason for appeasing you
And..so I found my guiding light
Lambent, flashing, red and white
Through a starry night
I'm better nowhere bound
Than drowning on your solid ground

Satellite save my life
I'm wishing on a two-way radio
Love might be just like me
Jaded waiting all alone
A whisper on a two-way radio

All in all I fare the same
Wishing on an aeroplane
As calling stars by name
A lonely song of freedom rings
In hope of someone listening
And so I send my feeble flare
Through the silent arctic air
Heading anywhere
Until at last I've finally found
A place to lay my anchor down

Satellite save my life
I'm wishing on a two-way radio
Love might be just like me
Jaded waiting all alone
A whisper on a two-way radio

Heaven, help me
I'm drowning and I can't save me
Send some salvation
To keep me alive

Satellite save my life
I'm wishing on a two-way radio
Love might be just like me
Jaded waiting all alone
A whisper on a two-way radio

Forever Love (Digame)

On the ground
With my world upside-down
I got a vision of your face
And I must get me out
For so many memories we've yet to make

God don't send to me your angels
I just wanna hear you say again

Forever Love
Say you'll love
Digame Digame
Tell me so
I can hold you in my soul
And if I go
I'll know

When you smile
With those eyes
Baby it's like you place a finger on my heart
And your lips next to mine
Make me think that maybe heaven's where you are

God don't send to me your angels
I just wanna hear you say again

Forever Love
Say you'll love
Digame Digame
Tell me so
I can hold you in my soul
And if I go
I'll know

In the Rough

You say you fell while holding diamonds in your hands
"It's your fault for running holding diamonds," I said
And I offer no sympathy for that
I hear that it was you who died alone
And I offer no sympathy for that
Better off I sparkle on my own

And someday love will find me in the rough
Someday love will finally be enough

I turned around 3 times and wound up at your door
Now you can say you know all you did not know before
And I offer no sympathy for that
Better off I sparkle on my own

And someday love will find me in the rough
Someday love will finally be enough

I got your love letters
I threw them all away
And I hear you think that I'm crazy
I'm doing 95
And I'm driving you away
And I shine a little more lately

Someday love will find me in the rough
Someday love will finally be enough

I shine a little more lately

In My Head

Under the weight of your wings
You are a god and whatever I want you to be
And I wonder if truly you are
Nearly as beautiful as I believe

In my head
Your voice
You've got all that I need
And this make believe will get me through another
lonely night

Under the weight of your wings
Should ever we meet on your side of the stereo
I will pretend I know not of your thoughts
And even the way that they mirror my own
I'll take you away in the way that you take me
And go where I go

In my head
Your voice
You've got all that I need
And this make believe will get me through another
lonely night

Fall awake to the sound of my heart to your beat
Melancholy and cool kind of bitter-sweet
Love on repeat
I'm echoing all your philosophies

I don't wanna be fool-hearted
Baby I'm outnumbered in my head

In my head
Your voice
You've got all that I need
And this make believe will get me through another
lonely night

Under the weight of your wings
I make believe you are all that I'll ever need
All that I need

Bleed

Well it's been almost a year to the moment
When I finally realized it was over
And I knew that love wasn't good enough of a reason
For me to stay
Well I saw you yesterday, you were driving
And I'd tried so hard to forget you were alive
And as you passed by I began to cry
Over things that I did not say

And hiding beneath my blankets and sheets I'm finally free
I'm killing the ghost of you and I'm close to awakening me

So I'm taking my heart and I'm getting me out
And love's something that I wouldn't wanna live without
So I'm taking my heart and getting me out on my own

Well it takes all of my strength to be stable
And I force your insults under the table
And if you ere wise you would compromise
And allow me to live my way
Cause I am not a force to be reckoned with
And you don't have a clue what you're messing with
And you can't see to the best in me
Cause it's more than your heart can take

And hiding beneath my blankets and sheets I'm finall free
I'm killing the ghost of you and I'm close to awakening me

I'm taking my heart and I'm setting me free
And baby now you're just another song to me
And the edge of your sword isn't sharp enough
For me to bleed

Catalyst

LA lights
Never shine quite as bright as in the movies
Still wanna go?
cause something here
In the way that we're constantly moving
Reminds you of home

So you're taking these pills for to fill up your soul
And you're drinking them down with cheap alcohol
And I'd be inclined to be yours for the taking
And part of this terrible mess that you're making
But me... I'm the catalyst

When you say love
Is a simple chemical reaction
Can't say I agree
Cause my chemicals
Left me a beautiful disaster
Still love's all I see

So I'm taking thse pills for to fill up my soul
And I'm drinking them down with cheap alcohol
And you'd be inclined to be mine for the taking
And part of this terrible mess that I'm making
But you... you're the catalyst

You'll be the vein, you'll be the pain, you'll be the scar
You'll be the road rolling below the wheels of a car
And all of your thoughts on God...
Don't know if I'm strong enough... No
You'll be the vein, you'll be the pain, you'll be the catalyst

These LA lights
They don't shine quite as bright as back in Frisco

Do you wanna though....
Still wanna go?

Consider This

I've tripped again and things are starting to get interesting
Don't give me choices cause I can't decide
My mind is soaked in words
I've come to terms with all my insecurities
And purities no friend of mine

And dreaming doesn't do no good
Cause I don't wanna lie
That I'm okay and I'm alright
I'd rather take it and forget it
Consider this a warning
Cause I'll start another fight
And you'll say it's all alright
I'll wait for the day when you find I'm too much for you, Baby
So lay your hands over me
And feel what you only see
But don't bother wasting your time if you're trying to
change me

You're kinda cool but I know better than to break the rules
Of messin' with a lesson that I'll never learn
I'll go from bad to worse and later back to better
But I'll never better bridges that I'm bent to burn

And dreaming doesn't do no good
Cause I don't wanna lie
That I'm okay and I'm alright
I'd rather take it and forget it
Consider this a warning
Cause I'll start another fight
And you'll say it's all alright
I'll wait for the day when you find I'm too much for you, Baby
So lay your hands over me
And feel what you only see
But don't bother wasting your time if you're trying to
change me

This is a warning

And dreaming doesn't do no good
Cause I don't wanna lie
That I'm okay and I'm alright
I'd rather take it and forget it
Consider this a warning
Cause I'll start another fight
And you'll say it's all alright
I'll wait for the day when you find I'm too much for you, Baby
So lay your hands over me
And feel what you only see
But don't bother wasting your time if you're trying to
change me