Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Guy Sigsworth Alanis Morissette

Producer: Joe Chiccarelli

[Verse 1]
There are so many parts that I have hidden and denied and lost
There are so many ways that I have cut off my nose to spite my face
There are so many colors that I still try to hide while I paint
And there are so many tunes that I secretly sing as I wait

[Pre-Chorus]
You come along and invite these parts out of hiding, oh
This invitation is the one that I've stopped fighting, oh

[Chorus]
Thank you for seeing me
I feel so less lonely
Thank you for getting me
I'm healed by your empathy, oh
This intimacy, oh

[Verse 2]
There were so many times, I thought I'd die not being truly known
There've been so many moments: forever lonely in my vocation

[Pre-Chorus]
You come along and celebrate each feeling, oh
And there you are all honor and inquiring, oh

[Chorus]
Thank you for seeing me
I feel so less lonely
Thank you for getting me
I'm healed by your empathy, oh
This intimacy, oh

[Bridge]
There was a day where the trust that was being asked of me
Required too much you see to accept your generosity
And to know myself enough to let you help me

[Chorus]
Thank you for seeing me
I feel so less lonely
Thank you for getting me
I'm healed by your empathy, oh
This intimacy, oh

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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