I'll be God
I'll be God, I'll be God, I'll be God today
Hold my head under the bath and breathe away
Slit my wrists and watch that blood evaporate
Being this Godly can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me

I'll play God
I'll play God, I'll play God, I'll play God today
Ante up and play that God a poker game
Walk away with all our little God's spare change
Playing this God, it can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me

Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill

I'll fake God
I'll fake God, I'll fake God, I'll fake God today
Hop up on a cloud and watch the world decay
Ana on my shoulders and we'll laugh away
Faking this God, it can't be good for Ana's safety, Ana, hear me
Ana, baby, I'm not crazy
Oh Ana, oh Ana

Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill

Kill
Kill
Kill
Kill

Oh Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
Ana, I'll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill
No, I couldn't kill Ana
Oh Ana


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Oh Ana Lyrics as written by Ryan Guldemond

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    This is definitely about one of the band member's struggles with anorexia. Anorexics personify their disease as "Ana" when they discuss it online forums. If the title was "Oh Anna" I wouldn't bat an eyelash, but because they only used the one "n" it's pretty evident that they're referring to the disease.

    "Playing God today" is referring to the contemplation of suicide (slit my wrists and watch that blood evaporate). But if you get to "play God" and take your own life to get out of the horrible spiral of the disease, that can't be good for "Ana's safety" - this is where they're personifying the disease, asking "Ana hear me". They won't kill themselves for the sake of "Ana", their disease and the only 'person' who understands what they're going through.

    Referring to Ana as an angel that they couldn't kill is the clincher - having anorexia provides you with a sense of control, a (maladaptive) coping mechanism for things in your life that are beyond your control. Being unable to kill Ana refers to failing to recover from anorexia (perhaps even after interventions and therapy).

    There's a Silverchair song entitled "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" which describes its lead singer's struggle with an eating disorder also.

    parachutefailingon September 27, 2009   Link

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