Showing posts with label Alanis Morissette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alanis Morissette. Show all posts

Sunday, September 5, 2010

I'm In The Front Row With Popcorn






Do you go to the dungeon to find out how to make peace with your days in the dungeon?

Writing a letter to you didn't make me feel any more peaceful then how I felt when we weren't speaking

Because I didn't cop to what I did.
I can't love you because we're supposed to have professional boundaries.
I'd like you to be schooled and in awe as though you were kissed by god full on the lips.

I'm in the front row, the front row with popcorn
I get to see you, see you close up
(I'm too tired to recount the unpleasantries one by one
One minute I want to banish you
the next I want to be on a deserted island
with you along with my three favorite cd's
ambivalent yet in your bed
we've yet to acknowledge what really happened.)

Friday, August 6, 2010

Alanis Morissette - Unsent



Since her meteoric and angst ridden debut, Alanis Morissette has always been known for sharing the ups and (many, many) downs of her relationships in her songs but on the track "Unsent" she digs past the emotional pain of her failed relationships and finds a peaceful resolution with her past loves. Born around the idea of writing letters of closure to her many exes, "Unsent" presents itself as one of the most revealing and heartfelt songs I've ever heard in my life. It takes a wise and brave one to look back at their past relationships and accept the strengths and weaknesses of both themselves and their former partners. I can admit that I've made many similar mistakes when it comes to the men I've chosen. I've had my own versions of Matthew(s), Jonathon and Lou and learned many things about myself from each of them. And one day I hope to find the same closure with most of them that Alanis has found with her former beaus.