Doth I Protest Too Much

Alanis Morissette

I'm not threatened, by every pair of legs you watch go by
I don't cringe when you stare at women, it's just a thing called guy
I don't notice your sideways glances or where your loyalty lies
I'm secure and out of me, it's hard to get a rise

I'm not jealous
I don't get moved my much
I'm not enraged
Not insecure as such
Not going insane
Rational stays in touch
Doth I protest too much?

I'm not tortured by how often your busy, 'cause I've got things to do
I'm not disappointed about how you don't miss you me, cause I don't need you to

I'm not needy
I don't get clingy much
I'm not scared
I'm not afraid as such
I'm not dependent
Rock solid, stays in touch
And doth I protest too much?

So much energy to prove to you
Who I can't possibly be
So much energy to prove to you
I'm not who you hate for me to be

I'm not saddened and I don't miss you
'Cause I have moved on too
I'm not concerned about your new lover
Cause I have a new lover too

I'm not depressed
I don't get down that much
I'm not despondent
I am not dark as such
I'm never sad
Keep chin up, stays in touch
And doth I protest too much?

I'm not jealous
I don't get moved my much
I'm not enraged
Not insecure as such
Not going insane
Rational stays in touch
And doth I protest too much?


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    I always thought she was being sarcastic in this song. Like everything she says she knows is toatally not true. I mean, from most of her songs it's pretty clear she's has a few..issues:? I think maybe the "doth I protest to much" has more of the older meaning. (Like in Hamlet when Gertrude is watching the actor queen making all these over-the-top public declarations about her love for the actor king, and hamlet says the actor is just like gertrude, and then gertrude says the actor "doth protest to much," as if she(gertrude) would know better than to make "to much" over-the-top declarations as it only makes it seem unrealistic) I think it's kind of like Alanis is loudly declaring "I'm not this! Or this! Or this! Or this!" and then saying, "And I don't make lots of unrealistic declarations at all, do I?" And that she's trying so hard to prove that "oh no, I couldn't possibly be like that!" when in so many of her other songs she is pissed(Right Through You), jealous(You Oughta Know), out of touch(MaryJane), depressed(Who), insecure(So Unsexy), irrational(8 easy steps) going insane(Joining You) (and that "It's hard to get a rise out of me" thing covers to many to name...) so she knows no one will really believe her. Gosh I ramble! Anyhoo, thats my take on it..

    Hollyanaon August 18, 2007   Link

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