Afraid of an airplane, of a car swerving in the lane
of the dark cloud too low or being swept away by the undertow
of a building tumbling down, of the train when it’s underground
of the icy mountain roads we have to take to get to the show.

There’s just a time when we must all let go of
the breath that we hold
There’s just a time when we must all let go of
the breath that we hold,
into the unknown we have to go…

Afraid of the phone rings, another breath of life has ceased
It seems it’s just lost so easily
Afraid my heart, it beats too slow or like I died and just didn’t know
or of a fate I will have to choose and I’m afraid of how much I love you…

There’s just a time when we must all let go of
the breath that we hold
There’s just a time when we must all let go of
the breath that we hold,
into the unknown we have to go…

It’s just now that I found a place where I can breathe…
It’s just now that I found a place where I can sleep…

Composer/Performer: Maria Taylor
First Released: 2005
Album: 11:11
Genre: Indie Rock
First heard her in: Grey’s Anatomy Soundtrack (“Song Beneath a Song”) then started downloading. She was also part of dream pop duo Azure Ray with Orenda Fink.
Why I Love It: called Xanax after the anti-anxiety medicine given to the clinically depressed, this is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard (I’m almost tempted to call it my most favorite, but argh, it’s just so hard to choose.) I just relate so much to the mind-numbing fear and anxiety that the persona in the song experiences…well, if only I can find that place where I can breathe, then I could say that the song perfectly fits my life. Oh well, not just yet, anyway. 
Also Listen To: “Song Beneath a Song”, “One For the Shareholder” and “Leap Year” (as Maria Taylor); “New Resolution”, “For No One” (as Azure Ray)