Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Glen Ballard Alanis Morissette

Producer: Alanis Morissette Glen Ballard

[Verse 1]
I am the biggest hypocrite
I've been undeniably jealous
I have been loud and pretentious
I have been utterly threatened
I've gotten candy for my self-interest
The sexy treadmill capitalist
Heaven forbid I be criticized
Heaven forbid I be ignored

[Chorus]
I have abused my power, forgive me
You mean we actually are all one
One, one, one, one, one, one, one

[Verse 2]
I've been out of reach and separatist
Heaven forbid average (Whatever average means)
I have compensated for my days of powerlessness

[Chorus]
I have abused my so-called power, forgive me
You mean we actually are all one
One, one, one, one, one, one, one

[Verse 3]
Did you just call her amazing?
Surely we both can't be amazing
And give up my hard-earned status
As fabulous freak of nature

[Chorus]
I have abused my power, forgive me
You mean we actually are all one
One, one, one, one, one, one, one
Always looked good on paper
Sounded good in theory

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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