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King of IntimidationAlanis Morissette

Songwriter: Alanis Morissette

Producer: Glen Ballard

[Intro]
The women of this family
Seem to feel that they owe it to the
Men of the family to look relaxed
Rested, and attractive at dinnertime

[Verse 1]
For you they live in a quiet monastery
For you they wear whatever you want them to
As long as it is short
They count to ten when you tell them how to drive
And when they're afraid, they let you speak for them

[Chorus]
All hail the king of intimidation
Model of good Christian behavior

[Verse 2]
For you we wax, nostalgic-ened our legs
For you we'd chew our nails if we had any left
Buy fake ones to do it
We counted to ten temporarily (And it was)
Something about how you talk down to me

[Chorus]
All hail the king of intimidation
Model of good Christian behavior

[Verse 3]
The room of compromise is full
And apparently you don't want some
There's only so much we can do
To make your rest assured

[Bridge]
I am single
I am weary
You're just jealous
You're just confused
You're just hungry
You're missing out
You're not healthy
You're a pity

[Chorus 2]
All hail the king of intimidation
Model of good Christian behavior
He knows not of what he has wrongly done
Forgive his ignorant behavior

[Outro]
You are tortured
You are captured
You are busted
We were silent
You attested
You knew better
You are lonely
Was it worth it?
La la la

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.

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