Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Glen Ballard Alanis Morissette

Producer: Alanis Morissette Glen Ballard

[Intro]
(Through you I see I)

[Verse 1]
Between a broken nose and a fake smile
Between piety and gunpowder
Between fighting and fleeing the scene
Between murder and diplomacy
Between aggression and oblivion
Between brutal and realistically well-behaved
Between screaming and pulling in the reins
Between tiptoeing and ambling

[Pre-Chorus 1]
What am I to do with all this fire?
(I'd like to hit you but I would never hit you)
Would you stay with me in this red space?
(I'd like to slap you but I would never slap you)

[Chorus]
Between violence and silently seething
Between my fist and my pollyanna flower
Between "fuck you" to your face and "it's alright"
Between war and denial
Between violence and silently seething
Between my fist and my pollyanna flower
Between "fuck you" to your face and "it's alright"
Between war and denial

[Verse 2]
Between flying vases and secretly weeping
Between loose cannons and ever downplaying
Between bruises and rudely differing
Between bursting and boiling

[Pre-Chorus 2]
What am I to do with all this burning?
(I'd like to hurt you but I could never hurt you)
Do I overwhelm you in this place?
(I'd like to kill you but I could never kill you)

[Chorus]
Between violence and silently seething
Between my fist and my pollyanna flower
Between "fuck you" to your face and "it's alright"
Between war and denial
Between violence and silently seething
Between my fist and my pollyanna flower
Between "fuck you" to your face and "it's alright"
Between war and denial

[Outro]
What am I to do with all this fire?
Can you understand me in this, please?

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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