Can't Not

Alanis Morissette

I'd be lying if I said I was completely unscathed

I might be proving you right with my silence or my retaliation

Would I be letting you win in my own reaction?

How would I explain?

And how would I explain this to my children if I had them?

Because I can't not

Because I can't not

because I can't afford to be missed one more time

Would I be whining if I said I needed a hug?

Would you feel slighted if I said your love's not enough?

How can I complain?

And how can I complain when I'm the one who reaches for it?

Because I can't not

Because I cannot walk without my crutches

Because I can't not

Because I can't help wonder why you ask me

to all the unheard wisdom in the school yard

you think you're the right ones

you think you're the charmed one's I'm sure

How can you go on with such conviction?

and who do you think you are

why do you question me?

Because we can't not

because we can't help laugh at underestimations

because we can't not

because we can't afford to be misled one more time

because we can't not

because we can't cannot help without your willingness...

why do you affect me? why do you affect me still?

why do you hinder me? why do you hinder me still?

why do you unnerve me? why do you unnerve me still?

why do you trigger me? why do you trigger me still?

(thanks Kristy! It seems like a lot of people relate to Alanis Morrisette!)