[ti:I Was Hoping]
[ar:Alanis Morissette]
[al:]
[00:00.00]Alanis Morissette
[00:05.53]I Was Hoping
[00:09.25]As we were talking outside,
[00:11.70]It was cold,
[00:13.40]We were shivering, yet warmed by the subject matter.
[00:17.81]My wife is in the next room,
[00:20.03]We've been having troubles you know,
[00:22.58]Please don't tell her or anyone,
[00:24.55]But I need to talk to somebody.
[00:27.37]You said, 'Wouldn't it be a shame if I knew how great I was
[00:31.47]Five minutes before I died?
[00:33.54]I'd be filled with such regret
[00:35.94]Before I took my last breath.'
[00:37.52]And I said, 'You're willing to tell me this now,
[00:40.49]and you're not going to die
[00:42.73]anytime soon.'
[00:44.50]And I said I haven't been eating chicken,or meat,or anything.
[00:47.87]And you said yes,
[00:48.88]but you've been wearing leather
[00:53.65]and laughed and said
[00:54.77]We're at the top of the food chain.
[00:56.88]And yes you're still a fine woman,
[00:59.25]And I cringed.
[01:03.75]I was hoping,
[01:06.80]I was hoping we could heal each other.
[01:12.82]I was hoping,
[01:15.90]I was hoping we could be raw together.
[01:22.41]
[01:26.09]We left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60's), said
[01:29.89]'Good bye, sir.
[01:31.12]Thank you for your business sir.
[01:32.83]You're successful and established, sir,
[01:35.26]and we like the frequency with which you dine here sir.
[01:38.63]And your money.'
[01:43.73]And when I walked by, they said 'Thank you too dear.'
[01:47.34]I was all pigtails and cords.
[01:49.98]And there was a day when I would've said something like,
[01:52.99]'Hey dude, I could buy and sell this place, so kiss it.'
[01:57.71]I too once thought
[01:58.98]I was owed something.
[02:02.29]I was hoping,
[02:05.30]I was hoping we could challenge each other.
[02:11.34]I was hoping,
[02:14.37]I was hoping we could crack each other up.
[02:21.10]I too thought that when proved wrong, I lost somehow.
[02:25.81]I too thought life was cruel.
[02:30.14]It's a cycle, really.
[02:31.43]You think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you.
[02:34.65]I think you're insensitive and I don't feel heard.
[02:36.90]And I said 'Do you believe we are
[02:38.57]fundamentally judgmental?
[02:42.95]Fundamentally evil?'
[02:46.48]And you said Yes.
[02:48.55]And I said do you believe in revenge,
[02:51.14]in right or wrong,
[02:52.82]good or bad?
[02:53.34]And you said 'Well, what about the man that
[02:54.93]I saw handcuffed in the emergency room,
[02:58.02]Bleeding after beating his kid,
[02:59.74]and she threw a shoe at his head.
[03:02.25]I think what he did was wrong,
[03:05.11]and I wouldn't have had a hard time feeling compassion for him.'
[03:09.00]I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged.
[03:14.94]I was hoping,
[03:17.95]I was hoping we could dance together.
[03:24.00]I was hoping,
[03:27.00]I was hoping we could be creamy together.