Pollyanna Flower Lyrics

Lyrics by Alanis Morissette 

(Through you, I see, I...) 
Between a broken nose and a fake smile 
Between piety and gunpowder 
Between fighting and fleeing the scene 
Between murder and diplomacy 
Between regression and in oblivion 
Between brutal and realistically well behaved 
Between sleeping and pulling in the reins 
Between tiptoeing and ambling 

What am I to do with all this fire? 
(I'd like to hit you, but I could never hit you.) 
Would you stay with me in this red space? 
(I'd like to slap you, but I could never slap you.) 

Chorus (2X): 
Between violence and silently seething 
Between my fist and my pollyanna flower 
Between "Fuck you!" to your face and "It's all right." 
Between war and denial. 

Between flying vases and secretly weeping 
Between loose cannons and ever downplaying 
Between bruises and nobly deferring 
Between bursting and boiling 

What am I to do with all this burning? 
(I'd like to hurt you, but I could never hurt you.) 
Do I overwhelm you in this place? 
(I'd like to kill you, but I could never kill you.) 

Chorus (2X) 

What am I to do with all this fire? 
Can you understand me in this place?