Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Alanis Morissette

Producer: Alanis Morissette John Shanks Tim Thorney

[Verse 1]
Why no one will help me?
I'm too dumb, I'm too smart
They'll not understand me
I am lonely, they'll hate me
And there is not enough time
It's too hard to help me
And God wants me to work
No resting, no lazy

[Chorus 1]
These excuses, how they served me so well
They've kept me safe
They've kept me stoic
They've kept me locked in my own cell

[Verse 2]
I'm too far from home
It takes far too much energy
And I cannot afford to
No one will ever see me

[Chorus 1]
These excuses, how they served me so well
They've kept me safe
They've kept me stoic
They've kept me locked in my own cell

[Chorus 2]
These excuses, how they're so familiar
They've kept me blocked
They've kept me small
They've kept me safe inside my shell

[Bridge]
Bringing these into light shakes their foundation
And it clears my sight
Now my imagination is the only thing that limits
The bar and its rise to the heights

[Verse 3]
No one can have it all see
I have to, they want me to
And I can't let them down
I will never be happy

[Chorus 1]
These excuses, how they served me so well
They've kept me safe
They've kept me stoic
They've kept me locked in my own cell

[Chorus 2]
These excuses, how they're so familiar
They've kept me blocked
They've kept me small
They've kept me safe inside my shell

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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