Anna Praill
Composer | Writer | Vocalist
Works In Progress
A collection of demos for songs I have on the go!
Gold
Gold, written in 2021. Lyrics: I’m drowning in you as per usual Feels like I’m glued to this couch And I’m starting to get what the poets and cynics Were on about Vague definitions of pretty words I’ve never seen Fifteen and still clueless, you pull me apart at the seams And what’s in a name? If it don’t feel like yours We fertilised your garden With the body I lived in before Was god watching As I walked in With a final sigh into that burning room? When we buried that girl With her old favourite shoes A video game I can't play ‘cause my fingers get cut by the keys Sadistic and cruel but I can't keep my eyes of the screen Exist in “alright”s, and “okay”s, and “it’s fine”s You wait in the wings and feed me the lines We’ll laugh at that haircut Then I’ll go home and practice my smile Warnings on paper The dying boy prays But a child that golden was doomed not to stay The flick of a lighter A game of pretend The tunnels on fire, call it light at the end Now I’m sat on the fence between the park and the road And I’d kill both the birds but I can't find a stone I’m built for the stage So I’ll grin and I'll bear it That shoe doesn’t fit But I’m still trying to wear it Was god watching As I walked in Head held high into that burning room? When I buried that girl With her old favourite shoes The sunset's the same Guess you never get told Could’ve stayed good Could’ve stayed…
Canary
Canary, written in 2023. Lyrics: Can I atone for the sins of my father’s father before him? How can it be that a man so like me could’ve borne him? Daddy I’m sorry for the way that he made you And I’m sorry that I cannot shoulder the pain that he gave you Sometimes when I think about it to much I stop breathing When I stare too hard and too long at the mirror I see him Give me a change to redeem it I’m gonna make them all see it If I try hard enough I’ll believe it Was worth it to pull out my baby teeth early If I try to Maybe I’ll learn how to lie too This little birds gonna fly straight through A pat on the back just might cure me Reminders of how you once were me Can I make up for the lost time? Can I give up on start lines? Can I fit into all your rhymes? Is this what I wanted? And I know that’s it’s old now ‘Cause I know that I’m grow now But the sight of your face on the phone now Is making me feel sick Can I be better? Am I doomed to repeat this? An Icarus complex A broken glass ceiling Oh I’m on the out now But that doesn’t mean it’s less hard God give me a change to redeem it I’m gonna make them all see it If I try hard enough I’ll believe it Was worth it to pull out my baby teeth early If I try to Maybe I’ll learn how to lie too This little birds gonna fly straight through A pat on the back just might cure me Reminders of how you once were me I don’t crack under pressure The coal made a diamond The bird sings to no one They’re too busy mining I still smell the gas but I can’t find the leak With no badge of honour you told me to leave Was it worth it? Would it be worth it? Am I still worth? Give me a change to redeem it I’m gonna make them all see it If I try hard enough I’ll believe it Was worth it to pull out my baby teeth early If I try to Maybe I’ll learn how to lie too This little birds gonna fly straight through A pat on the back just might cure me Reminders of how you once were me
Hooks
Hooks, written in 2021. Lyrics: I feel your hooks in my back And your claws in my skin And I regret every look That invited you in So I lay with the thought of you And leave out the back door Sit on the pavement Mourning before And I feel like a fool for dying with you And biting the skin round my nails You give me a choice, tell me follow your voice But I’ll keep on chasing my tail Oh I feel your breathing slow And I feel you leaving so I'll give you the wind from my sail I feel your hooks in my back And your name in my chest swear that you’ll let me leave, I swear I’ll let you rest Don’t make me say it first Don’t make it any worse For me I’ll cry like a child if you give me that smile And I'll crumble if you Tell me that it’s fine Run your fingers down my spine And I’ll resign myself to you Just don’t promise a life time Life lines dwindle Wind will blow no matter what you do But your words are so pretty they almost sound true And I feel like a fool for dying with you And biting the skin round my nails You give me a choice, tell me follow your voice But I’ll keep on chasing my tail Oh I feel your breathing slow And I feel you leaving so I'll give you the wind from my sail Give you the wind from my sail
New Bed Frame
New Bed Frame, written in 2022. Lyrics: New bed frame Same mattress The first change A half fix I’m sleeping again And I cleaned up my floor I made some apologies I could’ve said more The scars of December are branding my skin And the bed sheets are rife with invisible stains Slowly revealing the poison within Bearing my markings, a daughter of Cain I’ve started to pray I’ve started to pray New bed frame With the same old sheets My brother holds me close, so I thumb around his pulse and I count the heartbeats Mama thinks maybe it starts in my bones There’s no using in helping someone you can’t save Mama says “baby it’s time to let go” But I cling to the handle I’m digging this grave I’ve started to pray I’ve started to pray Mary Magdalene becomes pure again Let me wash myself, of this wickedness The sins of him make me cling to him His rose coloured haze is still lingering Time keeps on flying I’m trailing behind In recalling my faith I forgot to be kind Oh I bit the apple, it tasted like lead Twisted my ankle, stuck in my bed Sometimes I wish that I’d left when I’d planned Picked the date, and the time, and the place, and the hand New bed frame Same mattress