Alanis Morisette The Couch Lyrics

You hadnt seen your father in such a long time
He died in the arms of his lover, how dare he
Your mother never left the house, she never married anyone else
You took it upon yourself to console her
You reminded her so much of your father so you were banished
And you wonder why youre so hypersensitive and why you cant trust anyone but us
But then how can I begin to forgive her
So many years under bridges with dirty water
She was foolish and selfish and cowardly if you ask me

I dont know where to begin in all my 50 odd years
I have been silently suffering and adapting, perpetuating and enduring
Who are you younger generation to tell me that I have unresolved problems
Not many examples of fruits of this type of excruciating labor
How can you just throw words around like grieve and heal and mourn
I feel fine, we may not have been born as awake as you were
It was much harder in those days, we had paper routes uphill both ways
We went from school to a job to wife to instant parenthood

I walked into his office, I felt so self-conscious on the couch
He was sitting down across from me, he was writing down his hypothesis I dont know
Ive got a loving supportive wife who doesnt know how involved she should get
You say his interjecting was him just calling me on my s___

Just the other day my sweet daughter I was driving past 203
I walked up the stairs in my minds eye, I remember how they would creak loudly
She was only responsive with a drink, he was only responsive by photo
I was only trying to be the best big brother I could

I've walked sometimes confused sometimes ready to crack open wide
Sometimes indignant, sometimes raw, can you imagine I pay him 75 dollars an hour
Sometimes it feels like highway robbery and sometimes its peanuts, I wish it could last a couple more hours

So here we both are battling similar demons not coincidentally
You see in getting beyond knowing it slowly intellectually, you're not relinquishing your majesty
You are wise, you are warm, you are courageous, you are big
And I love you more now than I ever have in my whole life