Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Alanis Morissette

Producer: Alanis Morissette

[Verse 1]
Entertain me
For the tenth hour in a row again
Anesthetize me
With your gossip and many random anecdotes
And fill every hour
With activity or ear candy
Drop me off
At intersections in any city metropolitan

[Chorus]
And keep me in this state
And keep me purgatorying
And sing me back to sleep
This is far more than I had bargained for

[Verse 2]
Start every week
With a break-neck urgent design
And end every speed day
With my briefcase representing free time
Spending my fruits
My purchases become my lifeline
Please, give my love to my family
I'll doubtfully be home at Christmas time

[Chorus]
Don't disturb me in this state
Please, leave me purgatorying
I'll be damned if I'm to wake
This is far more than I am equipped for

[Verse 3]
I've held you up like a deity
Like you're the sole owner of wings
This unrequited tunnel vision
And I wonder why I've not been writing

[Chorus]
Please, keep me in this state
Please, keep me purgatorying
Please, rock me back to sleep
This love is more than I had bargained for
I'll be damned if I'm to wake
This is far more than I am equipped for

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.

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