Alanis Morissette

amusing; humorously sarcastic or mocking

It's a death row pardon two minutes too late

And isn't it ironic, don't you think?

It's like rain on your wedding day

disinterested; seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

Must be strangely exciting

To watch the stoic squirm

thoughtful; carefully thought out in advance

I don't think you unworthy

I need a moment to deliberate

irreligious; characterized by profanity or cursing

You, you who has smiled when you're in pain

You who has soldiered through the profane

They were distracted and shut down

kind; pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

You, you in the chaos feigning sane

You who has pushed beyond what's humane

Them as the ghostly tumbleweed

indifference; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

I like to reel it in and then spit it out

I'm frustrated by your apathy

flow back, flow out; flow back or recede

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There's a blue whale beached by the springtide's ebb

There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web

unbeliever; someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

But I may as well have

In the name of the Father, the Skeptic and the Son

I had one more stupid question

illusion; (psychology) an incorrect belief that is held in spite of evidence to the contrary

So we did

We all had delusions in our heads

We all had our minds made up for us

ban; forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

Are you happy?

Please don't censor your tears

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experienced indirectly; experienced at secondhand

See this pedestal is high and I'm afraid of heights

I don't wanna be lived through a vicarious occasion

Please open the window

ill famed; known widely and usually unfavorably

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Me, the notorious bottom dweller

Me, the ceiling-less brave explorer

misrepresentation; a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

I'm not quite as well, I thought you should know

Did you forget about me Mr. Duplicity

I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner

glowing; softly bright or radiant

You reduce me to cosmic tears

Luminous more so than most anyone

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related to the universe; pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe

You are so relevant

You reduce me to cosmic tears

Luminous more so than most anyone

dislike; a feeling of intense dislike

To the path of least resistance in your life

Well there's an obvious aversion no amount of my insistence

Could make you try tonight

identification; identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

But I'm alone in this meltdown

Of nervousness diagnosis

Call it what you want

see through; transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

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How 'bout them transparent dangling carrots?

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consider equal; consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

Do you have a big intellectual capacity

But know that it alone does not equate to wisdom?

Do you see everything as an illusion

agitate; cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

No thanks to the soap box

Having me rile against them won't make an ounce of difference

I'm in the front row

humiliation; the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

You and your chronic them and their drama

You this embarrassment us in the middle of this delusion

If we were our bodies

instinctive; spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency

We want to reveal ourselves at will and speak our minds

And never talk small and be intuitive

And question mightily and find god my tortured beacon

supposed; based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

All of which could have been easily refuted

But the conversation was hypothetical

I am totally short of breath for you

distinguish; detect with the senses

And enjoy and evolve

And discern and inquire

And accept and admit

Paradise; ideally perfect state, especially in its social and political and moral aspects

And reach out and speak up

This is utopia

This is my utopia

disposition; your usual mood

Everyone was pitted against each other, conflict ruled the realm

All our devotions and temperaments are pulled from different wells

We seem to easily forget we are made of the same cells

pulpit; a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

'Cause this city bears violence

And everybody is rushing to stop at the podium

And thank for ones who loved and exploited well

dependent; qualified by reservations

The next payback shoe will eventually drop

I bet you're wondering when my conditional police

Will force you to cough up

unaware; (followed by `to’ or `of’) lacking conscious awareness of

You go back to your friends who will lick your ass

You go back to being so oblivious

You go back to the center of the universe

major change; the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult

Anticipation and dread

This metamorphosis closed the door

And opened a window

lacking knowledge; uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

I can feel so boring for someone so interesting

So ignorant for someone of sound mind

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release from blame; grant remission of a sin to

How much will this cost, guru?

How much longer 'til you completely absolve me?

I've seen them give their drugs up in place of makeshift altars

reveal; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few

And accept and admit

And divulge and open

And reach out and speak up

force; the act of compelling by force of authority

I was afraid of your seduction

I was afraid of your coercion

I was afraid of your rejection

unharmed; not injured

I'd be lying if I said I was completely unscathed

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revenge; action taken in return for an injury or offense

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I might be proving you right with my silence or my retaliation

would I be letting you win in my non reaction?

rowdy; unpleasantly loud and harsh

You knock 'til you get in

You hold the loud and raucous, and I hear the dropping pin

And you run all front and center

careful; marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

Self protection was in times of true danger

Your best defense to mistrust and be wary

Surrendering a feat of unequalled measure

obstinate; habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

Precocious you are

Headstrong you are

Terrified you are

early; characterized by very early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)

I'll be dealing with"

Precocious you are

Headstrong you are

pitiless; without mercy or pity

Big time you are

Ruthless you are

Precious you are

enduring; recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

But you keep pushing us away

Resilient you are

Big time you are

mixed feelings; mixed feelings or emotions

And yet I wanted to save us high water or hell

And I kept on ignoring the ambivalence you felt

And in the meantime I lost myself

depressed; without or almost without hope

I don't get down that much

I'm not despondent

I am not dark as such

expectation; a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

He was sitting down across from me he

Was writing down his hypothesis i don't know

I've got a loving supportive wife who

standstill; subject to a stalemate

Every time we're at a loss we've bolted from difficulty

Anytime we're in stalemate, a final bowing

My tendency to want to hide away feels easier, and

splendor; the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

Every time we're in a funk I picture a different choice

Anytime we're in a rut, this distant grandeur

My tendency to want to do away feels natural, and

cause; call forth

To mimic connection

Then you engender my trust as you pounce

You isolate and then divert attention

permeable; able to absorb fluids

My welcome sign is bright

My armor is porous enough to be worked by your design

My honesty is commendable but won't pull your heartstrings

hiding place; a shelter from danger or hardship

Don't mind our staring but

We're surprised you're not in - in a far-gone asylum

We're surprised you didn't crack up

honorable; worthy of high praise

My armor is porous enough to be worked by your design

My honesty is commendable but won't pull your heartstrings

This magnet for predators is dying to be discerning

hunter; someone who attacks in search of booty

My honesty is commendable but won't pull your heartstrings

This magnet for predators is dying to be discerning

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enough; of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant

You were full and fully capable

You were self sufficient and needless

Your house was fully decorated in that sense

out of date; so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

I am a man who still does what he can

To dispel our archaic reputation

I am a man who has heard all he can

criticize; rebuke formally

I'm working my way toward our union mended

We don't fare well with endless reprimands

We don't do well with a life served as a sentence

drive away; force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

I am a man who still does what he can

To dispel our archaic reputation

I am a man who has heard all he can

dilemma; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant one

I am your death and your decisions

I am your passion and your plights

I am your sickness and convalescence

gather; get or gather together

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If i accumulate knowledge i'll be impenetrable

If i am aloof no one will know when they strike a nerve

model; worthy of imitation

You are the original template

You are the original exemplary

How seen were actually?

put off; hold back to a later time

How to stay paralyzed by fear of abandonment

How to defer to men in solveable predicaments

How to control someone to be a carbon copy of you

not necessary; without cause

Like an abandoned house dusty-covered furniture still intact

If I visit it now, do I simply re-live it somehow gratuitous

But who's still aching now?

respect; the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

All I trigger unknowingly,

A job I hold in high esteem

It's not all me

excited and silly; having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

And I come alive

And I get giddy

And I am taken and global electrolyzed

enthusiastic; joyously unrestrained

It would've cracked myself.

I became so self-conscious of anything exuberant.

I wouldn't have sold myself short.

quarrel; a quarrel about petty points

Reborn and shivering

Spat out on new terrain

Unsure, unconvincing

ten years; a period of 10 years

And so, the next few years are blurry

The next decade's a flurry of smells and tastes unknown

Threads sewn straight through this fabric

criticize; spread negative information about

Calling all lady haters

Why must you vilify us

Are you willing to clean the slate? Woman down

confirm; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

Next woman down was your sister

Her silence did corroborate

She took her cues from the climate

unreturned; not returned in kind

like you're the sole owner of wings

This unrequited tunnel of vision

and I wonder why I've not been writing

shaking; a violent disturbance

I've been most unwilling to see this turmoil of mine

The thought of sitting with this has me paralyzed

accidental; happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

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

personal; taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

But then how are we to define

Something so subjective

Living under the same roof

strong belief; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

This does not feel like love

It's your, your conviction

Against my, my conviction

invalidate; declare invalid

This shit's making me crazy

The way you nullify what's in my head

You say one thing, do another

lack of harmony; a conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters

I am bound in a straitjacket

Grand dissonance

The strings of my puppet are cut

mild; not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)

Something so benign from me

Construed as cruelty

agreement; permission to do something

The end of an era

Your dis-crediting's lost my consent

This shit's making me crazy

not varying; (sometimes followed by `with’) in agreement or consistent or reliable

Thrown out most of my things only kept what I need

To carve something consistent and notably me

Tattoo on my skin

distressed; excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

to those in need, if we have so much why do some people have nothing

still why do I feel frantic when I first wake up in the morning

why do you say you are spiritual, yet you treat people like shit

suspension; a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

To let go and let God in ways I have never even imagined

I declare a moratorium on things relationship

I declare a respite from the toils of liaison

prior example; an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

You are the greatest man I've ever met

You the stealth setter of new precedents

And I vow and I vow to be true

gain others' favor for; gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

Just aloof enough to get you to want me

Hoping my persona ingratiates me

Give my life for an opportunity

give; transmit (knowledge or skills)

Similar, oh how familiar

Reluctant truth you impart

And how you served necessity

capable of exploding; liable to lead to sudden change or violence

I'm too exhausting to be loved

A volatile chemical

Best to quarantine and cut off

real; conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

One day I will be faith filled

I'll be trusting and spacious, authentic and grounded and home

I have been running so sweaty my whole life

understand; have the idea for

And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life

It's hard to conceive why we let our brothers die

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distant; remote in manner

Your taste in men leaves something to be desired

You love them to be aloof and self-obsessed

They love you in your mini dress