Just been listening to my ipod and would thoroughly recommended the itunes only Alanis Morissette iTunes Originals session. It's from a few years ago and in it Alanis sings some of her songs but also explains the thoughts or meanings behind the songs or their times in her life. I don't listen to it too regularly, but when I do I found things to inspire me or encourage me, and it is this vein that I include the lyrics of this song that's on the session. Alanis says that the song came from all her self-limiting thoughts that over the years she used to keep herself stuck or keep her in a self sabotaging way from moving on - didn't I know what you mean, yep. So I include this to inspire me to move on (I've cut out the repetition) xx :
Excuses - Alanis Morissette
Why... no one will help me...
I am too dumb... I am too smart...
They'll not understand me...
I am lonely... they'll hate me...
And there is not enough time...
It's too hard to help me...
And God wants me to work...
No resting... no lazy...
These excuses how they’ve served me so well
They've kept me safe
They've kept me stuck
They've kept me locked in my own cell
I'm too far from home...
It takes far too much energy...
And I cannot afford to...
No one will ever see me...
These excuses how they served me so well…
These excuses how they're so familiar
They've kept me blocked
They've kept me small
They've kept me small
They've kept me safe inside my shell
Bringing this into the light
Shakes their foundation
And it clears my side
Now my imagination
Is the only thing that limits
The bar that is raised to the heights
No one can have it all see...
I have to... they want me to...
And I can't let them down...
I'll never be happy...
These excuses how they’ve served me so well…
These excuses how they're so familiar…
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