Lyrics by Anna Sköld
Blue
Oh blue, I just couldn’t handle you
Left you out of every picture
or made a turquoise out of you
Kept in isolation, or in a company of two
Never really mattered in which form or shade I met you
Never took you home
Left you outside my window
where I could see you
In a distant sky
I heard you are loved by everyone I can’t believe it’s true
all those fancy colors to choose from and they all choose you
As is, I was messing with as is
You were more then a color, I see that now
so I accept your presence as a holy cow
Oh blue
Oh blue,
just like my old tattoos
Once black turned blue
I learned to love you too
Oh blue, I just couldn’t fight you
when you moved me to tears after all these blueless years
A glossy porcelain artwork, who would knew?
would make me friends with blue
I see with clarity
This world of diversity
And all of the colors that I can see
are inside of me
Oh blue, it was never about you
It was MY resistance
expressed in blue
Lyrics: Anna Sköld
Constant Change
I come in many shades and colors
and yet I am the same
I dress in forms and faces
yet I am the same
So you change your opinion based on my looks
You can look all you want
I can be green, I can be blue
Don’t let my colors fool you
the coolest thing about me
will never be what you see
I am in constant change
yet I am the same
from one day to the next day
I am in constant change
My soul is here contained
with emotions embodied
It’s a cycle of life
with death entwined
in new beginnings
I can recall previous lives
But I can’t recall my childhood
Not even my memories stay the same
I am in constant change
yet I am the same
from one day to the next day
I am in constant change
Man created watches and schedules
Mondays and Wednesdays
To lull him into
a false sense of constancy
instead of finding rest in constant change
I am the change I want to see
I know the change starts with me
Under heavy blankets of sadness
I must have known
I’m supposed to be happy
So I’m willing to change,
from one day to the next day
I’ve changed my thoughts,
I’ve changed my belives
I’ve changed the way I walk,
I’ve changed the way I talk
I’ve changed the way I feel,
I’ve changed the the way I see
And the more I change,
the more I become me
Lyrics: Anna Sköld
Glad to be me
I’m still
I’m still glad
I’m still glad to be
I’m still glad to be me
If I let you walk through my walls, codes and keys are no necessities
And if I never say no, you never overstepped my boundaries, right?
And then I don’t have to view you violate in the name of love
And I guess when I refuse to play the victim, I prevail a sense of control
At the price of disowning my power in the name of love
And when you can’t trust yourself
(What you sense, what you choose)
You’re in a personal hell
(By denying your truth)
But when you violate yourself no one else can tell…
I’m still
I’m still glad
I’m still glad to be
I’m still glad to be me
I ain’t scared of my shadow
And I ain’t scared of my light
I explore the totality of my multifaceted mind
In the fabric of time and space in the name of love
I’m reclaiming my sovereignty
Lightyears ahead and still right on time
You can watch me fulfil my destiny
Yeah this is how I bust my rhymes.
“I know all I need to know” I’m like Drew Barrymore in 51 dates (but hyperaware).
No you can’t get by on old credentials, and you can’t get by on hate.
I’ve been downsizing my circle
And it’s been easy letting go
You’d be surprised how many so-called friends of mine
Couldn’t even handle a no
Hi, you’ve reached Anna
Please don’t leave a message after the beep unless
your intention is to be and let me be authentic
I’m still
I’m still glad
I’m still glad to be
I’m still glad to be me
Lyrics: Anna Sköld
Heaven's On Fire
Heaven’s on fire
(The) angels come down to earth
And hell is freezing
Even the devil will ascend
People talk about climate change
But it’s bigger than that (I think)
It’s an ancient act of balance
A cosmic down to earth event
Let’s walk each other home
Here’s my hand – will you hold it?
I’m tired of pretending
That the demons and the angels don’t belong
While the bad boys save the planet, cause there’s big business in that
The good girls cut themselves some much needed slack
The healers need healing, givers need to learn how to receive.
And kids run the politics while the politicians make believe.
It’s almost like Christmas
We gather round our trees
Trying to find the spirit
but it’s in the presence not the presents you see
Let’s walk each other home
Here’s my hand – will you hold it?
I’m tired of pretending
That I don’t need to belong
It breaks my heart to send my kids to school to learn
when all we really need is to back off so they can learn to discern
Cause they can teach themselves all they need to know
if we just don’t limit their excitement and flow
Let’s walk each other home
Here’s my hand – will you hold it?
Aren’t you tired of pretending
That you don’t need to belong
Lyrics: Anna Sköld 2019
Hela Universum
Jag är hela universum
Inifrån och ut
Men jag tror inte att du förstår
Mig och mina svarta hål
Jag har en himlakropp som förefaller sakta ner
Med märkliga effekter som du inte borde se
Utan bestämd mängd egentid och lite fritt jävla fall
Rubbar jag lagar du trodde på kallt
Ingenting förbliver i min händelsehorisont
Jag lovar och svär, det stannar inte där
Inget är förlorat, jag har bara tagit allt
till en ny dimension
Jag är hela universum
Jag har sagt det förut
Jag speglar dig i mig, som i ett omvänt kalejdoskop.
Jag förtrollar och förtär med mina former och färger
Men bara så du vet, jag är mörk materia me
Jag har mina cykler.
Det är ingenting nytt.
Jag demolerar här bakom din rygg.
För jag lovade dig att aldrig sluta förvåna, titta in i ljuset, glöm bort allting hashtag amnesi
”Men jag är, vad du än säger att jag är
Om jag inte vore det, skulle du då säga det?”
”Men jag är, vad du än säger att jag är
Om jag inte vore det, skulle du då säga det?”
Lyrics: Anna Sköld
I Don't want to put the blame on Jesus
I’ve been looking for a savior
An external source of power
A handsome guy with a magical handshake
He’ll turn my water into wine
I don’t wanna put the blame on Jesus
But he really fucked me up
Crucified for good behavior
a bad role model in disguise
“You’re gonna suffer for your powers, (they said)
you’re gonna bleed cause you’re divine
I know it’s a heavy cross to carry
but it’s a fast lane to cloud nine”
“Besides we like your story-telling
Don’t mind your background, we’ll edit it out
You’ll be an unforgettable message
Step into your power and we’ll take you out”
I don’t want to put the blame on Jesus
Cause there was a thousand other guys in line
Who’d hype the virtues and the vices
If Jesus wouldn’t have the spirit or time
But if I had a one-on-one with Jesus
In the sunset on a mountain top
I’d be sharing a daunting secret
You don’t have to suffer for anyone
You can’t pay off my carmic debts man
No not even with your life
Telling me I am a sinner
Who needs forgiveness is a freaking lie
They’ve been using you to gain power
Is this really what you want to do?
If you want your story to inspire
Better start telling your truth
If I put my blame on Jesus
I’d still be giving my power away
And I’m on a detox from self-judgment
So I’ll choose compassion instead of blame
Lyrics: Anna Sköld
If I had a daughter
If I had a daughter, I’d call her Grace
If I had a daughter, I’d bet she’d have my face
If I had a daughter, I’d tell her the same thing that I tell my boys
Find your own voice
If I had a daughter, I’d tell her to play
and never quit playing, no matter what people might say
If I had a daughter I’d tell the same thing I tell myself
Never put your dreams on the shelf
If I had a daughter, I’d let her be
so she’d know she’s here for her own sake and not to please me
If I had a daughter I’d tell her the same thing William said to you
to thine own self be true
If I had a daughter, I’d say you can’t get it wrong
Sing it anyway that you like, ’cause it’s your own song
If I had a daughter, I’d tell her the same thing that I tell my friends
Life never ends
So don’t hurry. Don’t worry. Everything is alright.
But don’t believe in me. Trust you self emotionally
If I had a daughter I’d let her see
the creative and powerful force that resides within me
If I had a daughter I’d explain there’s no single reality
So choose your thoughts carefully
(I’d tell her) Anything you do out of love, I’ll support it
Anything you do out of fear, I will be there
I’ll give you resistance
I’ll be your mirror
’cause it’s supposed to be easy
It’s supposed to be fun
And if ain’t pleasin’
you’re free to run
but you’ll be taking yourself with you wherever you go
this you just got to know
Lyrics: Anna Sköld
Joy
I got a fullsized black horse
standing in my display window
For one reason he is in my home
for joy, for joy
So I named him Joy
Black Joy
He is a beauty
in plastic
I named him Joy
Black Joy
and I got to borrow him
for a while
A good friend made the effort
to arrange the horse’s coming
For no other reason
than to bring me joy, to bring me joy
He is a quiet horse
with no needs
Oh he is a quiet horse indeed
but he makes the people who pass by, smile
They say God is in the detailjs
I say God is everywhere
What may seem like a hollow matter
might turn out to be profound
In my kitchen there’s a colletion
of colorful finish coffecups
I threw out all the black and white ones,
cause the color’s bring me joy
They bring me joy
They bring me joy
Them colors, they bring me joy
They bring me joy
They bring me joy
Them colors, they bring me joy
I am changing my way of thinking
I am choosing a better-feeling thought.
I engage in my dreamwork
cause the dreaming brings me joy
It brings be joy
It brings me joy
Dreaming brings me joy
Wheter I enter the bright stage
or I write at home in the dark
Playing with my piano
and singing lights the spark
It brings me joy
It brings me joy
making music brings me joy
It brings me joy
It brings me joy
making music brings me joy
I know what puts me in a joy mode
I know how to switch from how to wow
And I intend to stay high
Live inside of me
I used to live by the sea.
I used to live inside of me.
I used to live. Period.
I try to laugh for no reason
cause I ain’t got no reason to laugh
but I try. Period.
One timber falling and no one can hear.
Not even me and I hold the chainsaw.
Only a small breeze touches these leaves.
When the branches are numbed,
are they numbed? Question mark. Question mark.
I easily fall off my tree
especially when I have my fucking period.
This song won’t listen to any kind of instruction.
Won’t abide to the rules of rhyme.
I wish this tree could grow as liberally as this song.
Lyrics: Anna Sköld
My Favourite Timeline
I was slippin’ into a more comfortable reality.
One where you could strip me off of my destructive core beliefs.
And now I shower in your signature energy every day.
Oh it’s a big once in a lifetime sensuality.
I am all the claires and then some, honey.
You take my senses on a hallucinogenic trip.
I see colors that I cannot tame,
magical creatures no man will ever name.
And your kisses taste like music.
Not to mention the touch of your hands.
I don’t ever want to come down. We’ll stay high til we die.
I don’t ever want to come down. We’ll stay high til we die.
I remember when you said I was an angel in disguise but honey that was merely a projection.
You’ve got magic in your bones, and though I love your “sticks and stones” I am here to explore my unique perspective.
With Excalibur in my left hand and your mark in my right,
I might not wear an armour but I’m always ready to fight.
I know you keep your third eye on how I really feel,
and when you are in ecstasy I cover your achilles heel.
You & me in my favourite timeline. A destined adventure & a mansion for our hearts.
I wrote you a love song. I sang us into being. Art is resourceful land with a language of its own. Any direction takes you into the unknown. Not much else is certain honey but it’s where I belong.
You & me in my favourite timeline. A destined adventure & a mansion for our hearts.
Lyrics: Anna Sköld 2020
One Conversation
Something’s cooking in my kitchen and it ain’t an excuse
Na, it’s a nourishing expression, something I’ve deduced.
One conversation tells me all I need to know
to put you in a category of yes, maybe or no
What’s your intention? Oh really you’ve got none?
A man with no intention, I don’t think so, we’re done
So now you DO have intentions, it just slipped your mind
I’m not looking for a liar and you just told me you lied the first time
What’s your intention? “Why do you want to know?”
If that question brings you agony, man you HAVE GOT to grow
And if you think for a second that you’d be adept
For more than just one conversation, let me intercept
What’s your intention? “You really want to know?”
Can you keep it real or are you putting up a show?
I can sense your intention, so transparency is key
You pay me your intention as an intuition fee.
So you didn’t really think before you hit reply
If I wanted to get to know you, I’d ask you why
But I’m looking for a man who takes the time to think
If you want to know more about yourself, go see a shrink.
What’s your intention? Actually, I don’t want to know
You said you wouldn’t bother me again, three messages ago
A man who disrespect his own boundaries like that
is not somebody I’d want to face without bringing a baseball bat
What’s your intention? “Just casual sex”
Na, I draw only conscious connections from my tarot decks
I prefer a man who takes his best interest at heart
who will include my wants and needs, I’m not a spare part!
One conversation tells me all I need to know
There aren’t that many yes or maybes but plenty of no
Lyrics: Anna Sköld 202
Picasso painting
I’m like a Picasso painting.
One eye is bigger than the other.
I’m represented in a flattened space.
I’ve been painted in colors that I don’t like.
I don’t understand why everybody loves me.
I don’t understand why you still want me here.
Theey put me in a frame and now I can’t get out.
The spotlights are all on me, this attention is killing me.
I’m like a Picasso painting.
They all interpret what I say.
I’m naked before you, in pieces
so I get why you still wonder why.
I don’t understand why everybody loves me. I don’t understand why you still want me here.
I feel overrated, a never ending hype.
I’m just a painting, that’s what I’ve become over time.
The price is too high, but nobody seems to mind.
I think about leaving, but can I hide.
I don’t understand why everybody loves me. I don’t understand why you still want me here.
Lyrics: Anna Sköld
Private mixtapes
Hey girlfriend. So this is gonna sound a bit far out there, but I I get these like mixtapes sent to me telepathically. From whom? I don’t know – maybe some interdimensional muse or whatever
Always in the back of my mind
Hiding like a thief in the night
But I still haven’t figured out what it is you’re stealing
Or if this is some kind of sensual healing
You play songs from my Akashic Records
An invisible DJ in my private Total Recall
A lover who speaks the language of music
You align to the beat of my heart
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner
No, no, nobody but the base”
I said you do the dirty and I’ll do the dancing
You’ve Johnny Castled your way into my hands
Let’s get your Delorean back to the future
Where SCI-FI is reality
You’ve got my devotion for all timelines
All we need is thunder to get us home.
Well I like the way that you defy time and gravity
You fly high, your fly low, and never by the book
Some say that you are flying recklessly
In your F-14 but you’ve got Merlin as your R.I.O
And nobody knows this is a third eye action romance
There might be casualties, Mav, but don’t give up your wings
Cause if I’m gonna spin, I’m gonna spin with you
You take my breath away, but it’s classified that you do.
I’ve got your mixtapes
I’ve heard every song
I love your art form
You know I sing along
Lyrics: Anna Sköld 2019
Stuck
You got stuck on my retina, uh
I caught you looking at me
I was blinded by your light, you are third eye candy
You got stuck on my brain,
Paving your own private memory lane
I said I don’t reminisce so now you tryna drive me insane?
“I won’t let anyone get stuck on me”
Uh well I guess that you’re the opposite of me.
Cause you made an imprint to such a degree
that it altered the physics of my reality
Yeah you got stuck in my palm
It was a moment that lasted for days
Yeah you got stuck in my palm
My cold hand on your warm-blooded face.
You got stuck in my heart,
like a magnet that won’t let us be a apart
Yeah you got stuck in my heart.
Must be important like friendship, kisses and art.
But my bestie says “nothing gets stuck on you”
Is your interpretation of this experience really true?
Well there is no manual for the system that I call me
And this hypersensitivity
Anna Sköld 2020
The Promise
Don’t promise me forever
Don’t promise me you’re gonna stay
Don’t promise me tomorrow
You can’t even promise me today
Don’t promise me your kindness
Don’t promise me to always be good
Don’t promise me any of the things
that you think that you should
That just ain’t love to me
Honey that’s just wishful thinking
That just ain’t love to me
I never want to feel your heart shrinking
I’ll only give my hand to an explorer
one who is willing to expand
You’ve got to risk blues and heartache
Even if it’s your third time
I won’t promise you nice and easy
I won’t promise you’ll always have your way
And I can’t promise that you’re gonna like
All the things that I need to say
That just ain’t love to me
Honey that’s just wishful thinking
That just ain’t love to me
I never want to feel my heart shrinking
But I’ll promise to follow my excitement
To the best of my ability
With zero insistence
of what the outcome ought to be
I promise to tend to my alignment
so you’ll know the essence of me.
And I will promise to remind us both
of our God-given sovereignty
That is what love is to me
To take your best interests as a part of me
That is what love is to me
Wanting you close and wanting you to be free
And if you can promise me allegiance
to you own precious heart
I say it’s a pretty good premise
For leading edge love stories and art
Lyrics: Anna Sköld 2019
Vulnerability
Didn’t I just indirectly tell myself to go inside and paint
Instead of thinking about toxic men?
(or thinking about calling toxic men)
Vulnerability is a wonderful state
But you’ve got to use it to create
(Don’t call the haters, don’t call the lovers, don’t call your ex, don’t call the next)
I know you’re strong
(Stronger than most will ever know)
But sometimes you feel alone
(And that’s OK, honey we all do)
Don’t call toxic men with good dick, woman
Just put your vivid colours on a stick, woman
Paint yourself a new perspective
or a portal into a new dimension of you
I don’t care if it’s a masterpiece or not
Cause I know it’ll get you through
Whatever it is you’re going through
Art is essential to you
it cannot be replaced by great sex, or magic friendships or something green that you grow
Honey you’re an artist, and you need to tend to your creative flow
Maybe you should call me and I’ll tell you to go inside and paint
Instead of thinking about calling toxic men? (Call me anytime)
I’ll be your sponsor, as if you were in artist recovery
but with one crucial step
Paint no matter what you’re going through
Cause art is essential to you
Paint no matter what you’re going through
Cause art is essential to you
Lyrics: Anna Sköld 2020