Alanis Morissette

How 'bout getting off of these antibiotics
How 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up
How 'bout them transparent dangling carrots
How 'bout that ever elusive kudo

Thank you, India
Thank you, terror
Thank you, disillusionment
Thank you, frailty
Thank you, consequence
Thank you, thank you, silence

How 'bout me not blaming you for everything
How 'bout me enjoying the moment for once
How 'bout how good it feels to finally forgive you
How 'bout grieving it all one at a time

Thank you, India
Thank you, terror
Thank you, disillusionment
Thank you, frailty
Thank you, consequence
Thank you, thank you, silence

The moment I let go of it was
The moment I got more than I could handle
The moment I jumped off of it was
The moment I touched down

How 'bout no longer being masochistic
How 'bout remembering your divinity
How 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out
How 'bout not equating death with stopping

Thank you, India
Thank you, Providence
Thank you, disillusionment
Thank you, nothingness
Thank you, clarity
Thank you, thank you, silence

How crass you stand before me
With no blood to fuel your fame
How dare you wield such flippancy
Without requisite shame
Your very existence becomes my secret mission's bane
You bow to kiss my hand and I ignore ignited flame

How I'm moved to meet you
Untouched I do remain

To some it seems foreign why I would steely forge ahead
This land entrusted to me knows not of hallowed secrets
I'll keep it to myself while your brave eyes swim in my head
Your charm cannot distract me from the path I'm born to tread

How I'm thrilled to know you
Unaffected I remain
How I've learned to like you
Undeterred I do remain

less daunting as team
and you, unlikely king by my side
and me, so much better for trusting you

my hand over your heart while you keep hindrances at bay
color me surprised by how our union saves the day

How I've grown to need you
As my solo journey fades
how I love to love you
and how loyal I remain

I remain (5x)

Reborn and shivering
Spat out on new terrain
Unsure, unconvincing
This faint and shaky hour

Day one, day one
Start over again
Step one, step one
I'm barely making sense

For now I'm faking it
'Till I'm pseudo-making it
From scratch, begin again
But this time I as I and not as we

Gun-shy and quivering
Timid without a hand
Feign brave with steel intent
Little and hardly here

Day one, day one
Start over again
Step one, step one
With not much making sense

Just yet I'm faking it
'Till I'm pseudo-making it
From scratch, begin again
But this time I as I and not as we

Eyes wet toward
Wide open frayed
If God's taking bets
I pray he wants to lose

Day one, day one
Start over again
Step one, step one
I'm barely making sense

Just yet I'm faking it
'Till I'm pseudo making it
From scratch, begin again
But this time I as I and not as we

My house
My role
My friends
My man
My devotion
to god
All amorphous
Indefinite

Nothing's been clear
Nothing's been in
Nothing's felt true
And I've never had both feet in
Nothing's been long
Nothing's been yes
Nowhere's been home
And I'm ready to be limbo no more

My taste
My peers
My identity
My affiliation
All amorphous
Indefinite

Nothing's been clear
Nothing's been in
Nothing's felt true
And I've never had both feet in
Nothing's been long
Nothing's been yes
Nowhere's been home
And I'm ready to be limbo no more

I sit with filled frames and
My books and my dogs at my feet
My friends by my side
My past in a heap
Thrown out most of my things only kept what I need
To carve something consistent and notably me

Tattoo on my skin
My teachers in heart
My house is a home
Something at last I can feel a part of
A sense of myself
My purpose is clear
My roots in the ground
Something at last I can feel a part of

Something aligned
To finally commit
Somewhere I belong
Cuz I'm ready to be limbo no more
My wisdom applied
A firm foundation
A vow to myself
'Cuz I'm ready to be limbo no more.

I've been most unwilling to see this turmoil of mine
The thought of sitting with this has me paralyzed

With this prolonged exposure to mirror and averted eyes
I‘ve feigned that I've been waiting: such mileage for empathizing

and now I see the madness in me is brought out in the presence of you
now I know the madness lives on when you're not in the room
and though I'd love to blame you for all, I'd miss these moments of opportune
you've simply brought this madness to light and I should thank you
oh thank you, much thanks for this bird's eye view
oh thank you for your most generous triggers

It's been all too easy to cross my arms and roll my eyes
The thought of dropping all arms leaves me terrified

and now I see the madness in me is brought out in the presence of you
now I know the madness lives on when you're not in the room
and though I'd love to blame you for all, I'd miss these moments of opportune
you've simply brought this madness to light and I should thank you
oh thank you, much thanks for this bird's eye view
oh thank you for your most generous triggers

I'd have to give up knowing and give up being right
You inadvertent hero, you angel in disguise

and now I see the madness in me is brought out in the presence of you
now I know the madness lives on when you're not in the room
and though I'd love to blame you for all, I'd miss these moments of opportune
you've simply brought this madness to light and I should thank you
oh thank you, much thanks for this bird's eye view
oh thank you for your most generous triggers.

My friends and I meet hours before
We make some homemade pizza
We do some funny bits back and forth
My knees buckle, I laugh so hard

We might end three sheets to wind and who
knows where we'll wind up
All I know is there's a car waiting and
we'll figure that out after

I have to keep my eye on my old friend from
high school
We've known each other for the longest time
She has trouble with her limits so to speak
She can hoist a really good kick in the butt
when she's excited
She doesn't do it so much anymore cuz we're
all on to her

Bring on the tequila ohhhhhh
On fire on tequila ohhhhhh
Hostess most on tequila ohhhhhh
Bestest friends on tequila ohhhhhh

Then there's my other pretty friend from high school
The predator in me is put to shame by the
predator in her
I know I've reeled it in but it'll be interesting
to see how much she's done as well

Then there's my friend from Chigago, God do
I love all people from Chicago
All ready to light up the barbeque and be the
heartbeat of debauchery

Bring on the tequila ohhhhhh
On fire on tequila ohhhhhh
Hostess most on tequila ohhhhhh
Bestest friends on tequila ohhhhhh

Then there's my Canadian friend, what a
fabulous mom she's become
She's been tortured in this sense for the last
many of months for obvious reasons
She was like ‘hey, where was this part of you when
I wasn't pregnant?'
I laughed and did a shot in her honor as I
conversed with her belly

Bring on the tequila ohhhhhh
On fire on tequila ohhhhhh
Hostess most on tequila ohhhhhh
Bestest friends on tequila ohhhhhh

Then there's my cupid friend
She sure knows how to dress, that one
She's a wise and worldly girl but you gotta
watch that medication
Our favorite beverage is taken to a whole other
level on it
I'm not worried about her, I'll coast around
the room while I trust she'll temper

My brother came to visit me, now he's used to
hanging with me and cracking up
But he had no idea about my built up tolerance,
no idea about how manipulative I'd become
I would surreptitiously put it in front of him
without him asking
In a pretty little shot glass
His smirk and cackle would only egg me on

Bring on the tequila ohhhhhh
On fire on tequila ohhhhhh
Hostess most on tequila ohhhhhh
Bestest friends on tequila ohhhhhh.

Me and my helmet
Such an unconventional kid
All intense and kinetic
At best tolerated from afar

Not yet arrested
And by that I mean betrothed
Though at start I am duly courted
I've just not been trusted with altars

I'm a sweet piece of work
Well intentioned yet disturbed
Wrongly labeled and underfed
Treated like a rose as an orchid

My friends as they weigh in
Get understandably protective
They have a hard time being objective
So inside, we cancel each other out

I'm a sweet piece of work
Well intentioned and unloved
Unlabeled and misunderstood
Treated like a rose as an orchid

You've brought water to me
Making sure my bloom rebounds
You know best of what my special care allows

So I've lived in my blind spot
Thought myself usual when I'm not
In your garden is a nice spot
As long as it is brave and where you are

For this sweet piece of work
High maintenance and deserted
I've been different and deserving
Treated like a rose as an orchid

Sweet piece of work
Overwhelmed unobserved
I've been bowed down to but so misread
Treated like a rose as an orchid.

Dad, oh don't get up, I beg you to sit tight
Sweet girl, I'll be a ghost girl , forget it I am fine

If anything a witnessing is all I needed that night

Until I get what I'm to get
you'll keep being compelled to flee
Until I out this false story
you'll keep playing "the guy who leaves"

Brother, oh, brother , solo you did bust out
All I knew was you didn't invite me, so begins themes of self-doubt

There is nothing as harrowing as how I translate backs

Until I get what I'm to get
you'll keep being compelled to flee
Until I out this false story
you'll keep playing "the guy who leaves"

Baby, oh partner, how well you've played this part
Similar, oh how familiar, reluctant truth you impart

And how you serve necessity: “repeat 'til she sees light"

Until I get what I'm to get
you'll keep being compelled to flee
Until I out this false story
you'll keep playing "the guy who leaves".

Look at us break our bonds in this kitchen
Look at us rallying all our defenses
Look at us waging war in our bedroom
Look at us jumping ship in our dialogues

There is no difference in what we're doing in here
That doesn't show up as bigger symptoms out there
So why spend all our time dressing our bandages
When we've the ultimate key to the cause right here
Our underneath

Look at us form our cliques in our sandbox
Look at us micro kids with both our hearts blocked
Look at us turn away from all the rough spots
Look at dictatorship on my own block

There is no difference in what we're doing in here
That doesn't show up as bigger symptoms out there
So why spend all our time dressing our bandages
When we've the ultimate key to the cause right here
Our underneath

How I've spun my wheels with carts before my horse
When shine on the outside springs from the root
Spotlight on these seeds of simpler reasons
This core, born into form, starts in my living room

There is no difference in what we're doing in here
That doesn't show up as bigger symptoms out there
So why spend all our time dressing our bandages
When we've the ultimate key to the cause right here
Our underneath