Nemesis

by Alanis Morissette

From the album: Such Pretty Forks in the Road

Track 10 of 11 on Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020).

Duration: 5:56

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Lyrics for 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 starseed 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 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

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More from Such Pretty Forks in the Road

  1. Smiling
  2. Ablaze
  3. Reasons I Drink
  4. Diagnosis
  5. Missing the Miracle
  6. Losing the Plot
  7. Reckoning
  8. Sandbox Love
  9. Her
  10. Nemesis
  11. Pedestal