Anna Stesia Lyrics

[Intro]
Have you ever been so lonely
That you felt like you were the only one in this world?
Have you ever wanted to play with someone so much
You'd take any one boy or girl?

[Chorus]
Anna Stesia, come to me, talk to me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what you think of me, praise me, craze me
Out this space and time

[Verse 1]
Between white and black, night and day
Black night seemed like the only way
So I danced
Music late, nothing great
No way to differentiate
I took a chance


[Verse 2]
Gregory looks just like a ghost
And then a beautiful girl, the most
Wets her lips to say
"We could live for a little while
If you could just learn to smile
You and I could fly away, fly away"
Yeah...
[Chorus]
Anna Stesia, come to me, talk to me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what you think of me, praise me, craze me
Out this space and time

[Interlude]
Maybe, maybe, maybe I could learn to love
I mean the right way, I mean the only way
Perhaps you could show me, baby

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Anna Stesia, come to me, talk to me, ravish me
Liberate my mind

[Breakdown]
You
Maybe, maybe, maybe I could learn to love
Ah, if I was just closer to somethin'
Closer to Your higher self? I don't know
Closer to Heaven? Maybe
Closer to God, yeah, closer to God

[Verse 3]
Save me, Jesus, I've been a fool
How could I forget that you are the rule
You are my God
I am Your child
From now on, for You, I shall be wild
I shall be quick, I shall be strong
I'll tell Your story no matter how long
No matter, no matter, yeah
[Interlude]
We're just a play in Your master plan
Now, my Lord, I understand

[Outro]
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above

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Genius Annotation

The title “Anna Stesia” is a wordplay on anesthesia, a temporary state of unconsciousness.
Prince tells us of a numbness, an escape from the emptiness of life. He finds a temporary solution in sex.

Then he asks Anna to teach him an other kind of love. The love for God. And by that he pushes her (the emptiness, the unconsciousness) away. And he awakens from his sleep.

The song starts as a dark trip into lust and sexuality, and ends as a gospel song.

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Credits
Produced By
Written By
Background Vocals
Mastering Engineer
Instruments
Vocals
Recorded At
Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN
Release Date
May 10, 1988
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