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Eight Easy Steps Lyrics
How to stay paralyzed by fear of abandonment
How to defer to men in solve-able predicaments
How to control someone to be a carbon copy of you
How to have that not work and have them run away from you
How to keep people at arm's length
And never get too close
How to mistrust the ones you
Supposedly love the most
How to pretend you're fine
And don't need help from anyone
How to feel worthless
Unless you're serving or helping someone
I'll teach you all this in eight easy steps
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
I'll show you how to in eight easy steps
I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best
How to hate women when you're supposed to be a feminist
How to play all pious when you're really a hypocrite
How to hate god when you're a pray-er and a spiritualist
How to sabotage your fantasies by fears of success
I'll teach you all this in eight easy steps
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
I'll show you how to in eight easy steps
I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best
I've been doing research for years
I've been practicing my ass off
I've been training my whole life for this moment I swear to you
Culminating just to be this well-versed leader before you
I'll teach you all this in eight easy steps
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
I'll show you how to in eight easy steps
I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best
How to lie to yourself and thereby to everyone else
How to keep smiling when you're thinking of killing yourself
How to numb a la holic to avoid going within
How to stay stuck in blue by blaming them for everything
I'll teach you all this in eight easy steps
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
I'll show you how to in eight easy steps
I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best
How to defer to men in solve-able predicaments
How to control someone to be a carbon copy of you
How to have that not work and have them run away from you
And never get too close
How to mistrust the ones you
Supposedly love the most
How to pretend you're fine
And don't need help from anyone
How to feel worthless
Unless you're serving or helping someone
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
I'll show you how to in eight easy steps
I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best
How to play all pious when you're really a hypocrite
How to hate god when you're a pray-er and a spiritualist
How to sabotage your fantasies by fears of success
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
I'll show you how to in eight easy steps
I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best
I've been practicing my ass off
I've been training my whole life for this moment I swear to you
Culminating just to be this well-versed leader before you
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
I'll show you how to in eight easy steps
I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best
How to keep smiling when you're thinking of killing yourself
How to numb a la holic to avoid going within
How to stay stuck in blue by blaming them for everything
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
I'll show you how to in eight easy steps
I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best
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This is my favorite track off of "So-Called Chaos." It flows really well and contains one of my favorite lyrics: "How to lie to yourself and thereby to everyone else/How to keep smiling when you're thinking of killing yourself"
Definitely agreeing with... uh... manspretty panties... heh, well anyway. She's conveying that these are all things that she's done/is doing. She's admitting that she's not totally perfect, despite what we may think.
I know this is an old comment, but.. yes. I think that's it in a nutshell. Unfortunately, this song could be my theme song.. With the exception of the feminist part. LOL
I know this is an old comment, but.. yes. I think that's it in a nutshell. Unfortunately, this song could be my theme song.. With the exception of the feminist part. LOL
of course it is a self portrait! Alanis is I think one of the most self-critical persons in the world. Here she explains it in a very ironic way once again. as if it was cool for everyone to learn all these character trades, she has. but the message she is conveying is: I can be an asshole of the grandest kind! That is how Alanis manages to build up a close connection between almost all of her songs. Amazing.
Hm... "How to numb a la holic to avoid going within"?
Can someone help me out, please? --Hopeh.
@misshapen chaos It means to occupy yourself with all sorts of addictions or busy activity so that you don't have the time or desire to 'go within' and do a painful self examination of your life.
@misshapen chaos It means to occupy yourself with all sorts of addictions or busy activity so that you don't have the time or desire to 'go within' and do a painful self examination of your life.
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People with Borderline Personality Disorder start to feel numb when their disorder is triggered. Becoming numb removes them from their painful emotions within.
People with Borderline Personality Disorder start to feel numb when their disorder is triggered. Becoming numb removes them from their painful emotions within.
This song is about living with Borderline Personality Disorder. Not sure if Alanis has it or not.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ One of Alanis's better songs! To me this song sounds like a doctor or guru of some sort that can help you to be something your not, or help you to act phony. And, obviously, the teacher can teach you all this in "eight easy steps" this course that will transform you and change your life +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jaydee
to me its how "carbon copy" the world has become. Everyone is trying to fit this specific mold and this is how to do it.
I think its just a self portrait, so to speak. She's just naming off the things she's done in the past, or maybe just things that she currently does and wants to defer other people from doing. The line, "I'll show you how leadership looks when taught by the best ," is supposed to signify that she's the master of all of these things. It is put into the form of a speech.
This song is such a reminder to be true to yourself. Otherwise you find yourselt in all these contradictory thoughts. Has anyone heard the thick filter mix? What are they saying? Is it "can't trust these perky people?" let me know if you can..
I think she is incapable of writing a bad song simply because she is writing about life experiences, and who cant relate to that? I also love the line "How to lie to yourself and thereby to everyone else/How to keep smiling when youre thinking of killing yourself."