Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Alanis Morissette

Producer: Alanis Morissette

[Verse 1]
You're unsure and you're not ready
So that must mean I want you
You're unavailable and disinterested
To you I look for comfort
A million times in a million ways
I will try to change you
A million months and a million days
I'll try to convince you

[Chorus]
I have waited for you
And adjusted for you
And I am done
I have deferred to you
And enabled you
And I am done

[Verse 2]
You're too young or you're too old
Or you're simply not inclined
You're asleep or you're withholding
Be that my cue to crave you
Several times in several ways
I'll try to squeeze love from you
Several hours and several ways
I'll feast on scraps thrown from you

[Chorus]
I have bent for you
And I've deprived for you
And I am done
I have depressed for you
And contorted for you
And I am done
I have stifled for you
And I've compromised for you
And I am done
I have silenced for you
And sacrificed for you
And I am done

[Bridge]
It won't be long before I am reclaimed and
It won't take long and I'll be on path again
It won't be easy for us to disengage and
I'm at the end of self-deprivation stage

[Verse 3]
You're afraid of every woman
Afraid of your inner workings
You cringe at the thought of living under
The same roof as me, God and everything
A million times and a million ways
I've tried to alter to match you
Several times every several days
I've tried to uncrush on you

[Chorus]
I have waited for you
And adjusted for you
And I am done
I have deferred to you
And enabled you
And I am done
I have bent for you
And I've deprived for you
And I am done
I have depressed for you
And contorted for you
And I am done

Alanis Nadine Morissette was born on June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada. At age 6, she began taking piano lessons, and by the time she was 9, she was writing her own songs.

When she was 11, Morissette joined the cast of a Nickelodeon children’s show called You Can’t Do That on Television, and saved up her earnings. In 1987, she used them to self-release her first track, “Fate Stay With Me.” The song caught the attention of record label MCA Canada; at age 14, Morissette signed a contract with the company. She released a self-titled album, Alanis, in 1991, which went platinum. Quickly following up the success of her first album, Morissette released Now Is The Time a year later, though it did not reach the same level of popularity.

In 1994 Morissette moved to Los Angeles teamed up with industry veteran Glen Ballard, and she began to approach songwriting more organically.

more tracks from the album

Feast on Scraps

From the albums

Precious Illusions - Single (2002)
Feast on Scraps (2002)

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