Alanis Morissette – I Was Hoping

Alanis Morissette – I Was Hoping

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as we were talking outside it was cold

we were shivering yet warmed by the subject matter

my wife is in the next room

we´ve been having troubles you know please don´t tell her or anyone but i need to talk to somebody

you said wouldn´t it be a shame if i knew how great i was

fiveminutes before i died i´d be filled with such regret

before i took my last breath

and I said you´re wiiling to tell me this now and y

ou´re not going to die any time soon

and I said I haven´t been eating chicken or meat or anything

and you said yes but you´ve been wearing leather and

laughed

and said we´re at the top of the food chain and yes you´re still a fine woman and i cringed

i was hoping i was hoping we could heal each other

i was hoping i was hoping we could be raw together

we left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60´s) said good-bye sir thank you for your business sir you´re succesful and

established sir and we like the frequency with which

you dine here sir and your money and when i walked by thank you too dear

I was all pigtails and cords and there was a day when

i would´ve said something like hey dude I could buy and sell this place so kiss it I too

once thought i was owed something

I was hoping i was hoping we could challenge each other

i was hoping i was hoping we could crack each other up

I too thought that when proved wrong i lost somehow

i too once thought life was cruel

it´s a cycle you think i´m withdrawing and gulit tripping you

i think you´re insensitive

and i don´t feel heard and i said do you believe we are fundamentally judgemental? fundamentally evil?

and you said yes i said i don´t believe in revenge in right or wrong good or bad you said

well what about the man that i saw handcuffed in the emergency room bleeding after beating his kid and

she threw a shoe at his head.

i think that what he did was wrong and i would´ve had a hard time feeling compassion for him

i had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged.

i was hoping i was hoping we could dance together

i was hoping i was hoping we could be creamy together