Lyrics by Alanis Morissette



(Through you, I see, I...)

Between a broken nose and a fake smile

Between piety and gunpowder

Between fighting and fleeing the scene

Between murder and diplomacy

Between regression and in oblivion

Between brutal and realistically well behaved

Between sleeping and pulling in the reins

Between tiptoeing and ambling



What am I to do with all this fire?

(I'd like to hit you, but I could never hit you.)

Would you stay with me in this red space?

(I'd like to slap you, but I could never slap you.)



Chorus (2X):

Between violence and silently seething

Between my fist and my pollyanna flower

Between "Fuck you!" to your face and "It's all right."

Between war and denial.



Between flying vases and secretly weeping

Between loose cannons and ever downplaying

Between bruises and nobly deferring

Between bursting and boiling



What am I to do with all this burning?

(I'd like to hurt you, but I could never hurt you.)

Do I overwhelm you in this place?

(I'd like to kill you, but I could never kill you.)



Chorus (2X)



What am I to do with all this fire?

Can you understand me in this place?