Anna Begins Lyrics
My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing"
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
My friend implores me, "For one time only
Make an exception" I am not worried
Wrap her up in a package of lies
Send her off to a coconut island
I am not worried
I am not overly concerned
With the status of my emotions
Oh, she says, "You're changing"
But we're always changing
It does not bother me to say
This isn't love
'Cause if you don't wanna talk about it
Then it isn't love
And I guess, I'm gonna have to live with that
But I'm sure there's something in a shade of gray
Or something in between
And I can always change my name
If that's what you mean
My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing"
But I am not really worried
I am not overly concerned
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
My friend implores me, "For one time only
Make an exception" I am not worried
Wrap her up in a package of lies
Send her off to a coconut island
I am not worried
I am not overly concerned
With the status of my emotions
Oh, she says, "You're changing"
But we're always changing
It does not bother me to say
This isn't love
'Cause if you don't wanna talk about it
Then it isn't love
And I guess, I'm gonna have to live with that
But I'm sure there's something in a shade of gray
Or something in between
And I can always change my name
If that's what you mean
My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing"
But I am not really worried
I am not overly concerned
You try to tell yourself the things, you try to tell yourself
To make yourself forget, to make yourself forget
I am not worried
"If it's love," She said
"Then we've gonna have to think about the consequences"
Cause she can't stop shaking
And I can't stop touching her
And this time, when kindness falls like rain
It washes her away
And Anna begins to change her mind
"These seconds when I'm shaking
Leave me shuddering for days," She says
And I'm not ready for this sort of thing
But I'm not gonna break
And I'm not gonna worry about it anymore
I'm not gonna bend and I'm not gonna break
Gonna worry about it anymore
No, no, no, no, no
It seems like I should say
"As long as this is love"
But it's not all that easy, so maybe I should
To make yourself forget, to make yourself forget
I am not worried
"If it's love," She said
"Then we've gonna have to think about the consequences"
Cause she can't stop shaking
And I can't stop touching her
And this time, when kindness falls like rain
It washes her away
And Anna begins to change her mind
"These seconds when I'm shaking
Leave me shuddering for days," She says
And I'm not ready for this sort of thing
But I'm not gonna break
And I'm not gonna worry about it anymore
I'm not gonna bend and I'm not gonna break
Gonna worry about it anymore
No, no, no, no, no
It seems like I should say
"As long as this is love"
But it's not all that easy, so maybe I should
Snap her up in a butterfly net
And pin her down on a photograph album
I am not worried
'Cause I've done this sort of thing before
But then I start to think about the consequences
'Cause I don't get no sleep in a quiet room
And this time, when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away
And Anna begins to change my mind
Every time she sneezes, I believe it's love
And oh, Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
(Rain falls down)
She's talking in her sleep
It's keeping me awake
(Rain comes pouring down)
And Anna begins to toss and turn
And every word is nonsense, but I understand
And oh, Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
Her kindness bangs a gong
It's moving me along
And Anna begins to fade away
And pin her down on a photograph album
I am not worried
'Cause I've done this sort of thing before
But then I start to think about the consequences
'Cause I don't get no sleep in a quiet room
And this time, when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away
And Anna begins to change my mind
Every time she sneezes, I believe it's love
And oh, Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
(Rain falls down)
She's talking in her sleep
It's keeping me awake
(Rain comes pouring down)
And Anna begins to toss and turn
And every word is nonsense, but I understand
And oh, Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
Her kindness bangs a gong
It's moving me along
And Anna begins to fade away
About
Genius Annotation
“Anna Begins” is track #5 off of “August and Everything After” which was released on September 14, 1993.
Anna is a girl from Australia that Duritz met on vacation in Greece in 1989. He wrote this song for her and it’s about denial. The denial of two people falling in love. When along he really loved her and she was not ready for it.
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September 14, 1993
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