Songs That Praise the Goddess Ana:
Like_Minded Songwriters Tell It Like It Is
I found these songs online and was immediately struck by the strong, brutally honest and chillingly real lyrics. I hadn't realized how many artists out there are finding their way to Ana.
Ana's Song (Open Fire) by Silverchair (lyrics)
"And you're my obsession / I love you to the bones"
4st 7lb by the Manic Street Preachers
"Problem is that diet's not a big enough word / I wanna be so skinny that I rot from view"
Paper Bag by Fiona Apple (lyrics)
"Hunger hurts but I want him so bad, oh it kills / cuz I know that I'm a mess that he don't wanna clean up / I got to fold cuz these hands are too shaky to hold / Hunger hurts but starving works / when it costs too much to love"
Holy by the Golden Palominos (lyrics)
"I feel so holy and clean / when I stretch out on the floor and sing / Sometimes God comes in for a minute / and tells me I'm doing fine / I'm almost there"
Feed Me by Julia Hatfield (lyrics)
"I had a hole in my heart / So I threw away my plate / 'Cos nothing would fill me up / Whatever I ate"
Tunic by Sonic Youth (lyrics)
"I feel like I'm disappearing / getting smaller every day / but I look in your eyes / and I'm bigger in every way"
Anorexic Beauty by Pulp (lyrics)
"Anorexic beauty, / feather-weight perfection, / anorexic beauty, / underweight / goddess"
Lucy at the Gym by Jill Sobule (lyrics)
"I stare at her ribs / that show through the spandex / her little legs are working / she's going somewhere / she's climbing up the stairs / and when she reaches the top / her dreams will be there"
Skinny by Filter (lyrics)
"Skinny And it will make you cry / Skinny and it will make you lie / Skinny nd if it makes you soft inside / Skinny At least you will not die"
The First Taste by Fiona Apple (lyrics)
"I do not struggle in your web because it was my aim to get caught / But daddy longlegs, I feel that I'm finally growing weary / Of waiting to be consumed by you"
Outside by Stained (lyrics)
"And you / Bring me to my knees / Again / All the times / That I could beg you please / In vain / All the times / That I felt insecure / For you / But I leave / My burdens at the door"
Until It Sleeps by Metallica (lyrics)
"It grips you soley / It stains you solely / It hates you solely / It holds you, holds you, holds you / Until it sleeps..."
Beautiful by Christina Aguilera (lyrics)
"You are beautiful no matter what they say / Words can't bring you down, no, no / Cause you are beautiful in every single way / Yes words can't bring you down. Oh, no / So don't you bring me down today"
Just Wait by Blues Traveler (lyrics)
"There's no such thing as a failure that keeps trying / coasting to the bottom is the only disgrace"
Quasimodo by Lifehouse (lyrics)
"Have you ever felt / Like your only comfort was your cage / You're not alone / I've felt the same as you"
Hush Hush Hush by Paula Cole (lyrics)
"Sixty year man on twenty year old skin / Skeleton your eyes have lost their warmth"
That Day by Natalie Imbruglia (lyrics)
"And it's okay / And I'm small and I'm divine / And it's beautiful / And it's coming / And it's already here / And it's absolutely perfect"
Jukebox by Ani DiFranco (lyrics)
"she says, i've got a darkness that i have to feed / i got a sadness that grows up around like a weed / and i'm not hurting anyone / i'm just spiraling in / and then she closes her eyes / and hears the song begin again"
All Mixed Up by the Red House Painters (lyrics)
"she tricks me into thinkin’ / i can't believe my eyes / i wait for her forever / but she never does arrive"
Fat Boy by Jewel (lyrics)
Fat boy says, 'Wouldn't it be nice / If I could melt myself like ice / Or outrun my skin / And just be pure wind' "
You Make Me Thick by SNFU (lyrics)
"i'm a talking, walking stick blow me over in the wind i want to be paper thin"
Posters by Jack Johnson (lyrics)
"Looking at herself but wishing she was someone else / Because the body of the doll it don't look like hers at all / So she straps it on, she sucks it in, she throws it up, and gives a grin / Laughing at herself because she knows she ain't that at all"
In Hiding by Pearl Jam (lyrics)
"I swallowed my words to keep from lying. / I swallowed my face just to keep from biting. I, I... / I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving. I was diving."
Big Isn't Beautiful by King Adora (lyrics)
"Every boy wants a body to die for and, / Every girl who's thin is his rival, / I wish I had a body to die for, / Skinny is sexy, / Big isn't beautiful.. / I'm gonna shed me some skin, / Get me real,real slim, / I want to feel my bones on your bones,baby, / I am a teenage drama queen, / I throw my guts up for self-esteem, / It haunts my dreams, / It haunts my every dream"
Tonight and the Rest of My Life by Nina Gordon (lyrics)
"Gleaming in the dark sea, / I'm as light as air /Floating there breathlessly."
All My Life by the Foo Fighters (lyrics)
"Over and over down on my knees / If I get any closer / And if you open up wide / And if you let me inside / On and on I've got nothing to hide / On and on I've got nothing to hide / Hey don't let it go to waste / I love it but I hate the taste / Weight keeping me down"
Cars and Calories by Saves the Day (lyrics)
"but the price tag can't be seen and it took bites out of her insides till she was just a hollow shell."
Sympathy by the GooGoo Dolls (lyrics)
"Stranger then your sympathy and this is my apology for killing myself from the inside out"Lovers in a Dangerous Time by the Barenaked Ladies --covering the Bruce Cockburn classic(lyrics) "These fragile bodies of touch and taste. This fragrant skin this hair like lace."
Anna Begins by the Counting Crows (lyrics)
"Kindness falls like rain it washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind. And Anna begins to fade away. She's chasing me away. She disappears. Oh Lord I'm not ready for this sort of thing."
American Girls by the Counting Crows (lyrics)
"Nothing but porcelain underneath her skin."
Black and Blue by the Counting Crows (lyrics)
"Fading everything to black and blue you look alot like you'd shatter in the blink of an eye....You've been waiting a long time to fall down on your knees, cut your hands, cut yourself until you bleed"
Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin (lyrics)
"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."
She's Falling Apart by Lisa Loeb (lyrics)
"They call her for dinner,She makes up a reason. / She looks at her arms,And roles down her sleeves. / Her mother is starting to see through her lies / Last night her father had tears in his eyes. / And they rise in the morning / And sleep in the dark / And though nobody's looking / She's falling apart."
Bad Habit by the Dresden Dolls (lyrics)
"and you might say it's self-destructive / but, you see, i'd kick the bucket / sixty times before i'd kick the habit"
Bleed Like Me by Garbage (lyrics)
"Avalanche is sullen and too thin / She starves herself to rid herself of sin / And the kick is so divine when she sees bones beneath her skin / And she says: / Hey baby can you bleed like me? / C'mon baby can you bleed like me"?
