Anya was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., and grew up in the Silicon Valley area of California as a capricious child with Russian-Agnostic/Irish-Catholic professor parents (psychology and russian literature/math) and a younger sister. After finishing high school, Anya moved to Los Angeles as an aspiring actress. With stints in the British American Drama Academy (taught by Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach) and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, Anya has also acted in television and film (in 2001, she starred in the feature film, 100 Girls). She eventually moved back home to earn a college degree in English and writing at Santa Clara University. She continued to struggle as an artist -- working in acting, musical theatre, music, improv and comedy -- but eventually found a job as a radio DJ on KSCU, Santa Clara University's college station.
After graduating, Anya took a radio station job in San Diego with Mike Halloran at XHRM-FM (92.5). After the station was bought out by another corporation, Halloran hired Anya at Y107 in Los Angeles before they both moved to Premium Radio 92/1 in San Diego's North County. After leaving that station, both disc jockeys landed at FM94/9.
It was in San Diego that Anya played her first open mic night and began to write her own songs. She quickly developed a live stage act using what she learned as an actress, comic and impressionist. Her recorded debut was a five-song EP called Exercises in Racketeering, which eventually led to a full-length album, Miss Halfway, which was released in early 2005. Anya subsequently opened for such artists as Jason Mraz and Rhett Miller. She was named one of the "Best Unsigned" acts by San Diego CityBeat.
The songs on Miss Halfway talk about her upbringing, ex-boyfriends and all the after-effects. Anya's album was also produced by Scott Russo, the frontman for rockers Unwritten Law, along with Peter King from The Surfers. The record eventually earned a San Diego Music Award for Best Recording. The title track also landed on Grey's Anatomy and was featured as the fifth song on the second Grey's Anatomy (soundtrack) disc along with The Fray, KT Tunstall, Gomez and Snow Patrol.
The internet radio station KGRL featured her as their Flower-Powered Artist for March of 2007. The feature includes an exclusive interview, CD Review of Miss Halfway, and an on-demand audio stream of an unreleased Anya Marina track titled "Try It And Like It."
Vertigo
Anya Marina Lyrics
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Sentimental
The song you sing is
Making me well
I like it like it
Outta control
The song you sing
Gives me vertigo
Oh oh I was
Singing to myself
Whoa whoa
Pretending you were there
Whoa
Whoa lose my eyes and it begins
Whoa you're giving me the
Spins
This medicine's
Experimental
This medicine it's
Making me well
I like it like it
Outta control
This medicine gives
Me vertigo
Oh oh I was singing
To myself
Whoa whoa pretending
You were there
Whoa whoa lose my
Eyes and it begins
Whoa you're
Giving me the spins
Chorus
Everyone I see
They stop and stare
Everyone I
Meet but I don't care
Everything
I knew is dying dead
Everything I
Feared was in my head
This
Medicine's experimental
This
Medicine it's making me well
I
Like it like it outta
Control
This medicine gives me
Vertigo
Oh oh vertigo
Oh oh (I
Was singing to myself)
Oh oh oh
Vertigo
Oh oh oh (I was singing
To myself)
Oh oh oh oh (I was
Singing to myself)
Oh oh oh oh
The lyrics of Anya Marina's song Vertigo are full of sensory experiences and emotions related to the power that a song can have over an individual. The song is about how a particular tune is making the singer feel, how it transports her to another place, and how it makes her dizzy with joy. In the first verse, she describes how the "song you sing" is "sentimental," and it's "making me well." She elaborates on how she likes it when the rhythm becomes "outta control." However, with all the excitement, the song gives her "vertigo," which is a feeling of dizziness or disorientation.
The second verse has a similar structure, where she describes the "medicine" she is taking, which is also "experimental" and "outta control," however, it is curing her. The song is uplifting, and the tune is potent, that it gives her vertigo, which she finds addictive. The chorus talks about the singer's outlook on life, how she doesn't care what people think, and everything she feared, which was in her head, is all dying. The overall interpretation of this song is that the melody has become more than just a sound, it's medicine that cures her soul and mind.
Line by Line Meaning
The song you sing is Sentimental
The emotional song you perform evokes deep feelings within me
The song you sing is Making me well
Your music has a therapeutic effect on me and makes me feel better
I like it like it Outta control
The wild and intense style of the music is something I enjoy
The song you sing Gives me vertigo
Your song is so powerful that it disorients me and gives me a dizzy feeling
Oh oh I was Singing to myself
I was lost in my own thoughts while hearing your music
Whoa whoa Pretending you were there
I imagine you being present while listening to your song, as if you are singing right to me
Whoa whoa Lose my eyes and it begins
Closing my eyes enhances the experience of your music and makes it come alive
Whoa you're giving me the Spins
Your music makes me feel disoriented and dizzy
This medicine's Experimental
The treatment I am trying is new and untested
This medicine it's Making me well
The therapy I am receiving is actually having a positive effect on me
I like it like it Outta control
I enjoy the sensation of not being in total control and letting things happen naturally
This medicine gives Me vertigo
The therapy I'm receiving has side effects that disorient me and make me feel dizzy
Chorus
Repeating the previous sentiments about the song and the medicine
Everyone I see They stop and stare
People take notice of how I am affected by the music or the medicine I'm taking
Everyone I Meet but I don't care
I am not concerned with what others think or how they perceive me
Everything I Knew is dying dead
All the things I thought I knew or believed in are fading away and losing their power
Everything I Feared was in my head
My fears and anxieties were just in my imagination and not based in reality
Oh oh vertigo
Repeating the chorus sentiment of being dizzy and disoriented
Oh oh (I Was singing to myself)
Reiterating the previous line about being lost in my own thoughts
Oh oh oh Vertigo
Repeating the feeling of being dizzy
Oh oh oh (I was singing to myself)
Reiterating the previous line about being lost in my own thoughts
Oh oh oh oh (I was Singing to myself)
Reiterating the previous line about being lost in my own thoughts
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ANYA MARINA
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