When I wake up, I see the sky
I kiss the girl, open my eyes

First time I felt it, I was on my way to Aspen,
Sitting shotgun, ninja phase
Driver Macklemore in the back
When it happened. "What's going on?"
My vision funny, left side of my body scuzzy
And my motor skills were slowly being taken from me
I'm staring at my own hand like it was somebody else's
Panic beginning to ensue because I was feeling helpless
Maybe this iced coffee has joined the vodka and the diet soda
That I been consuming every night in the auto

Wisteria up ahead, "Jay, could you stop here, please?"
Maybe I just need some fresh air, deep breaths and to try and breathe
But when I got up to walk I just collapsed
My head is spinning, I'm thinkin a stroke or a mild heart attack
Stagger back into the wind, off to the nearest ER
Nurse thought I was on drugs, guess she was right from afar
But at the time my diagnosis was vertigo,
Starvaion and, basically, cocaine without even doing coke
Now on the gurney with that I.V. in my arm
Alls I could think about that from my mom's pops
Then I got me and everybody I cared about me and my welfare
Dug myself a hole to get out of with no healthcare
I come to find out, in Albuquerque, my disagnosis wrong
Severe panic attacks was what was happening all along
I come to find out it runs in my family
So what they did for me wrong, I kept my own
I reckon I'll use it to even become more strong

When I wake up, I see the sky
I kiss the girl, open my eyes
I will be here
And I will be here
And I will be here
And I will be, and I will be, and I will be...
When I wake up, I see the sky
I kiss the girl, open my eyes
I will be here
And I will be here
And I will be here
And I will be, and I will be, and I will be...


Lyrics submitted by akimika

ANX song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

1 Comment

sort form View by:
  • 0
    Song Meaning

    This song, as apparent by the lyrics, is about anxiety and severe panic attacks. The album title, ANX, is a suggestion to anxiety and is talked about many times in other songs.

    akimikaon November 26, 2012   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines: "Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet" So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other: "I had all and then most of you" Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart "Some and now none of you" Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship. This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Album art
Holiday
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday". I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Album art
No Surprises
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Album art
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
Album art
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. “I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.