Anna Gilbert is an American artist born in Eugene, Oregon. She was the 2007… Read Full Bio ↴Anna Gilbert is an American artist born in Eugene, Oregon. She was the 2007 and 2009 winner of the "Inspirational Artist of the Year" award for the National Momentum Awards on Indieheaven.com in Nashville, TN. She self-produced her first two albums with music and lyrics that she wrote herself. Her third album was produced with Charlie Peacock in Nashville, Tennessee at The Art House and is licensed by BMI. Her fourth musical project was an EP titled "Like a River" produced by Sam Ashworth in Nashville, Tennessee at The Art House.

Anna Gilbert's parents were both musical--her father was a high school music teacher and a youth pastor and her mother was a worship leader and a women's pastor at their church in Eugene, Oregon. Anna began playing the piano and writing at a young age and won a city-wide songwriting competition in the fifth grade. She wrote and produced her first album God Sees at age 19. She toured the West Coast playing mostly in churches and college venues.

Anna recorded her second album Falling in a Beautiful Place - completely self-composed and self-produced in 2007. She performed at a benefit to help fund relief efforts in Mozambique in June of 2007 with Calling Simon, an acoustic band from Eugene, and Feel Good Remedy.

She met Charlie Peacock in Seattle, Washington and worked with him to record a third album Your Love My Medicine that was released in the spring of 2009. Her summer tour for 2009 includes venues in Hawaii, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon and Montana.

Anna opened for Brandon Heath at God & Country in Nampa, ID on July 4, 2009. She played with Tommy Walker in May 2009 at University of Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center. She also opened for Bebo Norman in Eugene, Oregon in 2008.

Understand
Anna Gilbert Lyrics

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Loosing you... I cannot understand it all
Seeing you... I will not try to hide these tears
I will not try to fight them... no...
And y u walkd away... never evn sayin y
Never evn sayin y...
U didn't even try...
N I cannot understnd it all...

And where did I go wrong...
With u
N wat did I say...
N how come u dint evn turn to look

Wen I walked away...
Frustrations... rise... in u...

Don't evn want to try...
But I... oh I... oh I... cannot say goodbye...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Anna Gilbert's song "Understand" appear to be about a person grappling with the emotional difficulty of losing someone they loved. The singer struggles to comprehend the situation and the reasons behind the leaving of the person they were once close to. The first verse is about the pain of losing someone, and the singer's frustration with trying to come to terms with the abrupt ending of the relationship. The second verse is about the singer reflecting on their own actions; what they might have said, or done wrong, to trigger the situation that lead to the break-up, ultimately making them more confused.

The singer seems to be expressing feelings of frustration, sorrow, and confusion as they struggle to make sense of the end of a relationship. Their emotions are raw and unmasked, as they refuse to hide their tears or brush them off. Despite the tension, the singer admits that they cannot say goodbye, even though they know they should. Overall, the song is about the emotional confusion, turmoil, and eventual hardship that comes with a relationship's ending.

Line by Line Meaning

Loosing you... I cannot understand it all
I cannot comprehend the fact that I am losing you

Seeing you... I will not try to hide these tears
Tears roll down my face as I see you, and I cannot hide them

I will not try to fight them... no...
I will not try to resist these tears

And y u walkd away... never evn sayin y
You walked away without even saying why

Never evn sayin y...
You left without giving any explanation

U didn't even try...
You did not even make an effort to fix things

N I cannot understnd it all...
I cannot fathom what happened

And where did I go wrong...
I am trying to understand where I messed up

With u
In relation to you

N wat did I say...
I am questioning what I could have said wrong

N how come u dint evn turn to look
I am hurt that you did not even turn to look at me when I walked away