A missile sent today
Killed only 3
The rest were saved
They're far enough away
To not really feel the direct effect on me

They caught him today
Based ridiculously
On his race
They weren't sure
He even did it
But they needed a random face

All these symptoms
Symptoms of a simpler cause
I've had moments in my life
When I've contributed by believing
We are separate
We are separate
Disconnected in this unity

He won today
Smug self-satisfaction
On his face
He blew the others
Out of the water
He said and was glad
They were disgraced

All these symptoms
Symptoms of a simpler cause
I've had moments in my life
When I've contributed by believing
We are separate
We are separate
Disconnected in this unity

He stole what he could
He only had minutes
Before he'd be caught
He justified every penny
Taken by blaming the gap
Between the rich and rich not

All these symptoms
Symptoms of a simpler cause
I've had moments in my life
When I've contributed by believing
We are separate
We are separate
Disconnected in this unity

Separate we are separate
Disconnected in this unity

Alanis Morissette

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.