Currently works under the name Abreu.

Anna Eira Margarida Mourão de … Read Full Bio ↴Currently works under the name Abreu.

Anna Eira Margarida Mourão de Melo e Abreu (born February 7, 1990) is a Finnish-Portuguese singer. She came in second in the Finnish Idols 2007 contest, receiving 43% of the final votes. Abreu enchanted the judges with her strong and unique voice, but still being a girl of only 155 cm in height. She sailed through the semi-finals with an impressive 80% of the votes, performing Seether's "Broken". Abreu expressed interest in singing genres such as latino, R'n'B and soul in the future. She received a record deal in May 2007.

Her first single 'End of Love' was released in June. Her first full length album was released on the 22nd August 2007, which sold gold on the first day of its release. The album is mostly pop with influences of soul, R'n'B and latino. The album includes two Spanish and Portuguese songs, the song previously known from Idols: "Solta-se o Beijo" and a new song "Contigo Corazón". Also the song "Ivory Tower" has lines in Portuguese. The rest of the songs are in English. Her second album was released on the 22nd October 2008, its name is "NOW". Her third album called "Just A Pretty Face?" was released on the 21st October 2009.

Mend
Anna Abreu Lyrics

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It's like we're dead in the water
Past the point of no return
Surrounded by cracks that we can't mend

Tell me where was the warning?
Didn't pack my parachute?
Freefalling right in to the pain

The same routine where no one ever wins

We keep going over and over and over and over again
Going around and around and around never reaching the end
When a heart is beaten, it stops beating, beating
Cos when it's broken, it's broken, it's broken, it won't ever mend

Every word is a weapon
Designed to hide the truth
But the only truth, is knowing we can't mend

So what keeps us from leaving?
This hell we'll never freeze
We're somehow addicted to the pain

The same routine where no one ever wins

So instead of taking sides, we try to come together
Don't break it, Don't break it
But we don't listen to ourselves, we're crying for help

No one gets out alive
Won't make it, we won't make it out

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Anna Abreu's song "Mend" speak to a relationship that is past the point of repair. The couple is "dead in the water," surrounded by cracks that cannot be mended. The singer wonders where the warning was about the trouble in their relationship and why they didn't prepare for the pain they are now experiencing. The routine they are in is a never-ending cycle with no winners. They keep going around and around, never reaching the end. The heart, once broken, cannot be mended. Every word spoken between the couple is a weapon, designed to hide the truth which is that their relationship cannot be fixed. Despite this, they stay together, somehow addicted to the pain. They try to come together and not take sides, but they are crying for help and no one gets out alive.

The song speaks to the universal human experience of being in a relationship that is beyond repair. It touches upon themes of addiction, pain, and the never-ending cycle of trying to fix something that is broken. The lyrics are poignant and speak to the heart of the listener. Anna Abreu's delivery of the lyrics is raw and emotional, driving the point home even further.

Line by Line Meaning

It's like we're dead in the water
We feel stuck and unable to move forward.

Past the point of no return
We have gone too far and cannot go back to how things were before.

Surrounded by cracks that we can't mend
Our situation is full of problems that we cannot fix.

Tell me where was the warning?
We wish someone had warned us about the consequences of our actions.

Didn't pack my parachute?
We were not prepared for the negative consequences that followed our actions.

Freefalling right in to the pain
We feel like we are falling deeper into our problems and pain with no escape.

The same routine where no one ever wins
Our actions have led us to a cycle of repetitive behavior that always ends badly.

We keep going over and over and over and over again
We keep repeating our mistakes and can't seem to break the cycle.

Going around and around and around never reaching the end
We feel like we are going in circles and will never find a solution.

When a heart is beaten, it stops beating, beating
When our heart is broken, it feels like it has stopped beating and will never recover.

Cos when it's broken, it's broken, it's broken, it won't ever mend
Once our heart is broken, it is extremely difficult to fix and may never fully heal.

Every word is a weapon
Words can hurt and be used to harm others.

Designed to hide the truth
Words can be used to cover up the truth and avoid facing reality.

But the only truth, is knowing we can't mend
The only truth in our situation is that we cannot fix or repair what has been damaged.

So what keeps us from leaving?
We wonder what is preventing us from walking away from our situation.

This hell we'll never freeze
Our situation is a constant struggle and will never get better.

We're somehow addicted to the pain
We have become accustomed to the pain and have difficulty breaking free from it.

So instead of taking sides, we try to come together
We try to work together and find common ground instead of causing more conflict.

Don't break it, Don't break it
We are asking for our situation to not become any worse than it already is.

But we don't listen to ourselves, we're crying for help
Even though we know what we need to do to help ourselves, we struggle to take action and ask for help instead.

No one gets out alive
Our struggles and problems may never truly end, and we may never find complete resolution.

Won't make it, we won't make it out
We are doubtful that we will ever overcome our problems and find a way out of our situation.

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