Alanis Morissette I Was Hoping (Live) Lyrics

as we were talking outside it was cold
we were shivering yet warmed by the subject matter
my wife is in the next room
we´ve been having troubles you know
please don´t tell her or anyone
but i need to talk to somebody
you said wouldn´t it be a shame if i knew how great i was
five minutes before i died i´d be filled with such regret
before i took my last breath
and I said you´re wiiling to tell me this now
and you´re not going to die any time soon
and I said
I haven´t been eating chicken or meat or anything
and you said yes
but you´ve been wearing leather and laughed
and said we´re at the top of the food chain and yes
you´re still a fine woman and i cringed

i was hoping i was hoping we could heal each other
i was hoping i was hoping we could be raw together

we left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60´s) said
good-bye sir thank you for your business sir
you´re succesful and established sir
and we like the frequency with which you dine here sir
and your money
and when i walked by thank you too dear
I was all pigtails and cords
and there was a day when i would´ve said something like
hey dude I could buy and sell this place so kiss it
I too once thought i was owed something

I was hoping i was hoping we could challenge each other
i was hoping i was hoping we could crack each other up

I too once thought that when proved wrong i lost somehow
i too once thought life was cruel and
it´s a cycle you think i´m withdrawing and gulit tipping you
i think you´re insensitive and i don´t feel heard
and i said do you believe we are
fundamentally judgemental?
fundamentally evil?
and you said yes
i said i don´t believe in revenge
in right or wrong
good or bad
you said well what about the man that i saw handcuffed
in the emergency room
bleeding after beating his kid and she threw a shoe at his head.
i think that what he did was wrong
and i would´ve had a hard time feeling compassion for him
i had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged.

i was hoping i was hoping we could dance together
i was hoping i was hoping we could be creamy together