Flower For Your Lips

by Ania Alessandra

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released 17 May 2011
Lyrics, Vocals: Ania Alessandra
Music: Ania Alessandra and Sam Tall
Piano on Track 5: Ania Alessandra
Cello on Track 5: Grace Yang
Instrumental Arrangement, Recording, Mixing, Mastering: Sam Tall
Additional Vocal Production on Track 1: Sarah Cowell
Additional Vocal Production on Track 2: Melanie Greene
Photography, Videography: Charlie Redd
Recorded at Under The Window Studios in New York, NY

© 2011 Ania Alessandra
Distributed by Under The Window Records

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tags: alternative blues california female pop progressive record label rock summer New York

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Track Name: Vulnerable
I can't believe
What an instant can do
I know I've changed
So I want to apologize to you
Now here I lay

And I'm vulnerable
I ain't superhuman
I'm willing and able
But I can't save you
I'm vulnerable
I ain't superhuman
I'm willing and able
But only you can save yourself

There been some bad times
That I hate to remember
I know that I'm here today
And it feels like I've got forever
To fall apart, to fall in love
Make my mark, is that enough?
Is that enough?
Now here I lay

And I'm vulnerable
I ain't superhuman
I'm willing and able
But I can't save you
I'm vulnerable
I ain't superhuman
I'm willing and able
But only you can save your
Only you can save yourself

I can't apologize
For every mistake
'Cause I know I've got
So many more I'm gonna make
Promises to break
Chances to take
My own life to forsake
My own world to create
And now here I lay

And I'm vulnerable
I ain't superhuman
I'm vulnerable

I'm vulnerable
I ain't superhuman
I'm willing and able
But only you can save yourself

Only you, only you
Only you can save yourself
Track Name: Hands
Looking scared, side to side
You're trying to find me, but all I do is try to hide
Your dirty fingers are creeping up my neck
It'll take another cold night to try to forget
When I was just a little girl
My mother told me I could have the whole world
But now the cold sweats are taking over my dreams
Your body next to mine hurts me so bad
But I can't scream

This is the last bottle to fall at my feet
The doors are left spinning behind me
The concrete is digging into my bleeding knees
And baby please, take your hands off of me
And baby please, let me be free
Let me be

Your breath and touch kill me every day
I'll fight and cry then nod my head and try to run away
But before my foot can press on the gas
You've got me back and wrapped around you so goddamn fast
I don't want no last dance, I can't do this anymore
This is the last time you'll see me at your door
I've come here to tell you you've ruined me
Baby, baby, can't you see?

This is the last bottle to fall at my feet
The doors are left spinning behind me
The concrete is digging into my bleeding knees
And baby please, take your hands off of me
And baby please, would you let me be?

This is the last bottle to fall at my feet
The doors are left spinning behind me
The concrete is digging into my bleeding knees
And baby please, take your hands off of me
And baby please, let me be free
Let me be
Track Name: Little Did We Know
When you're young
Living cheek in tongue
Never growing up, never looking down
Fallin' head over heels to the ground
When you realize
You'd rather love than fight
And every other face you see
Doesn't seem to be
Anywhere close to right

Little did we know
Things would end up like this
And little did you know
After one simple kiss
Little did I know
You would chase me to the end
And little did you know
You’d find yourself a best friend

Little did we know
Little did we know
Little did we know

And then you find yourself begging
For even one more minute
You're dying but terrified to
Admit you don't ever wanna quit
And everybody has something to say
As they whisper and stare
About the way your living this love
And the best part: you just don’t care

Little did we know
Things would end up like this
And little did you know
After one simple kiss
Little did I know
You would chase me to the end
And little did you know
You’d find yourself a best friend

Little did we know
Little did we know
Little did we know

And I'm trying to put into words
The way your hand slid up cheek
As your soft and simple eyes fell down on me
And as the rain pounded on the concrete
The transformation was complete
And you kissed me

And little did you know
I fall right then and there
And little do you know
That I really do not care if
Any other girl tries to tell you that they love you
'Cause little do they know
Little could they know
A love like this

And little did we know
And little did we know
And little did we know
Track Name: June Afternoon
Wearing her Sunday best
Diving in to the salty break
Trying to catch her breath
Sand in her eyes, she must be awake
It's too much like a dream
To even be close to reality

She's the type of girl who could dance on clouds
Command attention in the biggest crowds
And never caught off guard
Until that June afternoon, out in the schoolyard

He got down on one knee
And promised to be
Everything her dreams were
He'd make her his princess
Right there in mid-morning recess
He gazed up at her
Looked her square in the eye and said,
"Be my Ever After"

Naked under the sheets
It's been seven years now
Surviving the summer heat
Surviving love, and wondering how
So many months and years apart
Couldn’t break the sparkle in her eye
She'd always be his sweet heart
Her smile always reminded him why

She's the type of girl who could dance on clouds
Command attention in the biggest crowds
And never caught off guard
Until that June afternoon, out in the schoolyard

He got down on one knee
And promised to be
Everything her dreams were
He'd make her his princess
Right there in mid-morning recess
He gazed up at her
Looked her square in the eye and said,
"Be my Ever After"

Trains and turmoil
Weeds and dead soil
A crack in the road
Everything about to explode
Dreams raining down on us
Consoling words just aren’t enough
Fears and shivers scared to miss,
I’d do anything for just one kiss

So please get down on one knee
And promise to be
Everything my dreams are
Make me your princess
Right here in the middle of this mess
He gazed up at me
And said, "Baby cant you see?
There ain't nobody
Who could ever mean more to me
And I’m more than sure
That you’re already my Ever After"
Track Name: Photograph
Highlights fading out
Picking at a tree
The camera snaps an old photograph
And you’re smiling back at me.
Guitar riffs and empty spliffs
Your words around my waist
Repeat your rhyme or pick up on mine
I’m loving how it tastes
Its been so long

That I’ve been trapped in this photograph with you
Senses gone, a sweet strawberry blue
Lost in this photograph with you
Sheets on the floor
No hurting anymore

In a phantom room
Picking at my heart
Loosely fitting, simply sitting
Waiting for this race to start
I promise that I
Will not fall in love
Simple pleasures, no need to measure
Your kisses are enough
'Cause it's been so long

That I’ve been trapped in this photograph with you
Senses gone, a sweet strawberry blue
Lost in this photograph with you
Sheets on the floor
No hurting anymore

And I know I’m not the girl
You fell in love with
And you aren’t the boy
Who’s heart I took, then left it
But can’t you be that insanity
That’s supposed to fit
For even just one second?

'Cause I’ve been trapped in this photograph with you
Senses gone, a sweet strawberry blue
Lost in this photograph with you
Sheets on the floor
No hurting anymore

Finally in a room with you
Lights dim, piano lit
Naked on the keys
Don’t speak now please.
Just sing:

That I’m trapped in this photograph with you
Track Name: Happy To Be
Happy to be in a place with honey trees
And little bees that speak to me
They tell me your secrets, like a house of cards
Topped with a beautiful queen of hearts
Books have lost their titles
You'll rifle and rifle through, you'll catch the tidal wave
And then the page'll rip, you'll lose your place
Can't wait the see the look on your face
When your lollipop falls into the sand

And don't you wish you could be
Wrapped up around my neck or in my pocket
Hey, even better yet
The ring around my finger
The way your whisper lingers
And don't you wish you could be
Wrapped up around my neck or in my back pocket
Hey, even better yet
The dreams inside my head, the page I haven’t read
And all the things that haven't been said

I won't talk dirty, maybe just a little flirty
A flower for your lips
And a tightrope performance
I'm gonna cross this enormous landfill of love
Sticky and overcrowded
Stuck in the clouds and finally laying down
Paint my face the color of your eyes
And the blue birds in the skies
Lost in my dreams

And don't you wish you could be
Wrapped up around my neck or In my pocket
Hey, even better yet
The ring around my finger
The way your whisper lingers
And don't you wish you could be
Wrapped up around my neck or in my back pocket
Or even better yet
The dreams inside my head, the page I haven’t read
And all the things that haven't been said

Eden fell at my feet
The glass broke, tired
It crunched beneath me
How beautiful it all looks up on the highest shelf
And how painfully distracting to look into your eyes
And see myself

And don't you know I can't deny that you are
Wrapped around my neck and in my back pocket
And even better yet
You're the ring around my finger
I love the way your whisper lingers
And don’t you wish you could be
Wrapped up around my neck or in my back pocket
Hey, even better yet
The dreams inside my head
The page I haven't read
And all the things that haven't been said
Track Name: Enough
This moment's brought me to my knees
Heavy suitcases and an empty breeze
Goodbyes that take too long to make
Memories I wish I could take
The fear of making this mistake
The lights could be too much for me
This flight is just to real to believe
Cut me free and spread my wings
Let me feel all of the things
I've kept inside my dreams

Speak no evil, feel no pain
Live the dream, don’t feel no shame
Believe in love just enough
To walk on water, reach a star
Travel places near and far
Believe in love
It'll be, it'll be enough

Slipping from my grip and I can't hold you hand
I didn't want to leave you, you just got to understand
You could be my hero, but don't try to save the day
Prince Charming's failed before
And I don't want it that way

Speak no evil, feel no pain
Live the dream, don’t feel no shame
Believe in love just enough
To walk on water, reach a star
Travel places near and far
Believe in love
It'll be, it'll be enough

Enough to see through this superficial world today
That's trying to say that true love can never its way
And they all tell me, "It ain't easy"
That loves got a mind of it’s own
But does this world want us both to be alone?

Speak no evil, feel no pain
Believe in love, just enough
To walk on water, reach a star
Believe in love, it'll be enough

Speak no evil, feel no pain
Live the dream, don't feel no shame
Believe in love just enough
To walk on water, reach a star
Travel places near and far
Believe in love
It'll be, it'll be

This moment's brought me to my knees
Leaving you was harder than it seemed