"Nemesis" lyrics
"Nemesis"
So I opened the front door, you walked in all handsome
And ready for something you saw in my eyes
Right here, we sat and we tripped out
Saw celestial mosaics, and I fell and I crawled over and held your hand
And nobody worried about the roof being blown off
So I went farther than I'd ever gone before
Change, you are my nemesis
Transition, I hold my breath
This about-face, I'm excited, I'm excited yet
I'm filled with despair, anticipation and dread
This metamorphosis closed the door and opened a window
And so I climbed the stairs and bled, and here was a star seed
Right here he came to us in the bed in our bedroom
And you trusted me enough to follow me anywhere
Or the other way around, the other way around as well
And I blocked my nose and dove in the deep end
And swam like my life depended on it, and it did
Change, you are my nemesis
Transition, I hold my breath
This about-face, I'm excited, I'm excited yet
I'm filled with despair, anticipation and dread
This metamorphosis closed the door and opened a window
Oh, no
Oh, no
Right here, in this very backyard, we promised forever
And we put our helmets on and threw the confetti
And then there's the phone call
Telling me to breathe in through my nose and out my mouth
And out came our girl, faster than we thought
And now I am beyond recognition
I guess that's a good thing, and still, I want to go deeper
Change, you are my nemesis
Transition, I hold my breath
This about-face, I'm excited, I'm excited yet
I'm filled with despair, anticipation and dread
This metamorphosis closed the door and opened a window
Writer(s): Glen Ballard, Alanis Nadine Morissette
Alanis Morissette told Apple Music what "Nemesis" is about, "I think everyone is realising how adaptable they are right now, but change is hard. I've never been good with it, I'm always horrified. Later on, I can see what a great idea it was to make that change, but while I'm in it, there's some profound suffering."
While being asked by Rolling Stone if this song was about psychedelics, Alanis Morissette answered, "Yeah. I've experimented with a lot of portals to find God, and some of them are temporary but still open up the window. I am a curious girl, so most things I would experiment with. I have a lot of friends who found that ego-obliterating experience was really powerful for them. For me, I'm a little bit of an anxious bird. There's so much information all the time and all of it is ego-obliterating, even when I'm not medicated in any way. I definitely don't need anything to help me go to those places."
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album:
"Such Pretty Forks In The Road" (2020)
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