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Hard City EP

by Annie Stela

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1.
Look at you, are you serious? Standing in the back in the dark with your fists shut tight Your hair growing out from bleaching it Pretending to talk, pretending to laugh, looking for a fight So take your swig of beer, let it light your eyes Cause it was never fear, it was never a compromise Maybe I just don’t like those kind of guys Look at you standing there Surrounded by brown muddy frostbitten leaves Elbows shaking in the air Your heart in your throat, your head in your hands And dirt on your knees So take your swig of beer, let it light your eyes It was never fear, it was never a compromise Maybe I just don’t like those kind of guys Maybe I don’t know what you want from me All this fighting, all this glaring Maybe it’s just the way you shout at me That keeps me staring So take your swig of beer, let it light your eyes Cause it was never fear, it was never a compromise Maybe I just don’t like those kind of guys
2.
Heart 04:14
Hallelujah, the spring is bringing bombs of purple on the street I walk the dog and I crush them with my feet Oh, the morning The sun too bright and the moon not bright enough I got nothing new to say except I think I’ve had enough I don’t believe you when you tell me I’m a good girl There must be a heart that keeps me here Away from the panic and the fear There must be a heart that keeps me here Did I break you? I really did not think it could be done And suddenly the cards had all been played and I had won So where is the good feeling? Where is the lighting up? Where are the thousand voices screaming, telling me this is enough? I don’t believe you when you tell me I’m a good girl There must be a heart that keeps me here Away from the panic and the fear There must be a heart that keeps me here Oh, everyday and ordinary, does it make me happy? Does it curl beneath the surface of my skin Will I let it in? There must be a heart that keeps me here Away from the panic and the fear There must be a heart that keeps me here
3.
Clean It Up 03:22
I’m sick of my mother I’m sick of my father I’m sick of everyone around me not stepping up And I’m sick of this fast pace I’m sick of these clean breaks Cause then there’s no one around to help me clean it up Clean it up Who’s gonna help me clean it up? He thought when he grew up That life would be special That what he wanted would come easy and clean But he’s using that paycheck To cover his car wreck And it turns out that life’s the same old mess it’s always been He’s gotta clean it up Who’s gonna help me clean it up? Oh, give it up or lose it completely It’s never what you think that it should be Give it up or lose it completely So you’re sick of your heartache And you’re sick of your dead weight You say it’s all the same in the end But no one likes high ground So you gotta climb down If you’re ever gonna make yourself some friends Clean it up Who’s gonna help me clean it up?
4.
Sometimes I wish you would just appear before me on the street, like a ghost in the dust, coming up out the sidewalk, waiting for me. My stomach’s tied in knots, I swallowed snakes before I came here today. And I just want to know the stakes of loving this way. If the sun shines through the window, I’ll let you go. If you really want to go, I’ll let you go. But you should know, I believe in a love that faltered years ago. I carry it up my sleeve, waiting for the time to watch it blow away. You should know that the window’s always clear here in Los Angeles, and still I don’t see all the places you go. When you’re near me, I can only guess. If the sun shines through the window, I’ll let you go. If you really want to go, I’ll let you go. If you really want to go, I’ll let you go. If you really want to go…

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released March 11, 2009

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Annie Stela Los Angeles, California

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