Pollyanna Flower By Alanis Morissette
(through you I see us)
Between a broken nose and a fake smile
Between piety and gunpowder
Between fighting and fleeing the scene
Between murder and diplomacy
Between agression and end of the end
Between brutal and mystically well-behaved
Between screaming and pulling in the reigns
Between tiptoeing and ambeling
What am I to do with all this fire
(I'd like to hate you but I'd never hate you)
Why are you still with me in this red space
(I'd like to sadden you but I'd never sadden you)
CHORUS:
Between violence and silently seething
Between my fist and my pollyanna flower
Between fuck you to your face and it's alright
Between war and denial (repeat)
Between flying vases and secretly weeping
Between miscarriage and ever down-playing
Between bruises and only differing
Between bursting and boiling
What am I to do with all this burning
(I'd like to hurt you but I'd never hurt you)
Do I overwhelm you in this place
(I'd like to kill you but I'd never kill you)
(CHORUS)
What am I to do with all this fire?
Can you understand me in this place?
