Expert: Howard - 3/18/2004

Question
Could you please email me interpretations of any songs by Alanis Morrsette that have a religious theme and how religion is portrayed in those songs.

Answer
Hey Becki,

The best example of a religious theme in an Alanis song is in the song "Still", from the soundtrack to DOGMA. The song is basically full of Alanis's ideas on what/who "God is", and all the many versions of God.

I have supplied the lyrics for you, but I highly recommend you checking out the song itself.

Let me know if you need any more info.

Howard

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STILL (Alanis Morissette)
I am the harm which you inflict
I am your brilliance and frustration
I am the nuclear bombs if they're to hit
I am your immaturity and your indignance
I am your misfits and your praised
I am doubt and your conviction
I am your charity and your rape
I am your grasping an expectation

I see you averting your glances
I see you cheering on war
I see you ignoring your children
And I love you still
And I love you still

I am your joy and your regret
I am your fury and your elation
I am your yearning and your sweat
I am your faithless and your religion

I see you altering history
I see you abusing the land
I see you and your selective amnesia
and I love you still
and I love you still


I am your tragedy and your fortune
I am your crisis and delight
I am your prophets and your profits
I am your art I am your bias
I am your death and your decisions
I am your passion and your plights
I am your sickness and convalescence
I am your weapons and your light


I see you altering history
I see you abusing the land
I see you and your selective amnesia
and I love you still
and I love you still
I see you holding your grudges
I see you gunning them down
I see you silencing your sisters
And I love you still
And I love you still
I see you lie to your country
I see you forcing them out
I see you blaming each other
And I love you still
And I love you still