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The Bottom LineAlanis Morissette

Songwriter: Alanis Morissette Glen Ballard

Producer: Glen Ballard

[Verse 1]
If somebody asked you to surrender
And that was the only way to win
If somebody offered you the freedom to open your mind again
Would you take that flight
Would you walk right in

[Chorus]
So meet me down at the bottom line
And open my heart with your hands
And we'll hear the sound of pretenses falling
And find where the truth has been
Down at the bottom line

[Verse 2]
If somebody led you to the water
If somebody taught you how to swim
If somebody took your doubt and turned it out
And then you could breathe again
Would you take that chance
Would you dive right in

[Chorus]
So meet me down at the bottom line
And open my heart with your hands
And we'll hear the sound of pretenses falling
And find where the truth has been
Down at the bottom line

[Bridge]
What if the wind blows
The cradle will fall
What if the wise man knows nothing at all
We justify
We crucify
But we don't have the balls to cry

[Chorus]
So meet me down at the bottom line
And open my heart with your hands
And we'll hear the sound of pretenses falling
And find where the truth has been
Down at the bottom line

[Outro]
Where truth always flows
That's where we'll go

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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