"Anywhere But Here"

Mandi Perkins is a singer that I've loved for a while. Now she's the lead singer of a band called Of Verona. I stumbled across a live version of a song she wrote titled "Anywhere But here," and I love it. It's a song about a cutter. The first verse, which describes how I feel a lot of the time...


"Anywhere But Here" by Of Verona

Alice cuts herself to watch it bleed
Helps her figure out how to get what she needs
She sits in the shower, hour after hour
Washing her tears down the drain
Stares at the ceiling, losing all feeling
Counting the tiles again

I think she could use some company
Just needs someone else to see

She wishes she were

Anywhere but here
She prays to g-d at night
Anywhere but here
She wants to go home

Her street still cries, still looks the same
& she wonders why she ever came
Thought she could take it, this time she would make it
They’d be waiting there open armed
Roles down her sleeves, turns now to leave
They’ll never see how she’s been harmed

She just wants to rest her head now
wants to be someone else somehow

She wishes she were

Anywhere but here
She prays to g-d at night
Anywhere but here
She feels so alone

she feels so alone

She whispers:

I wish I were anywhere but here
Anywhere would be better

Anywhere but here
She’s screaming it out loud
Anywhere but here
She'll get through this somehow

Anywhere but here
She’s knocking on the door
Anywhere but here
She needs something more

Alice cries herself to sleep at night
hope you figure out how to make it right