Princes Familiar

The song IS pronces Familiar and the lyrics are all correct. Go buy her album "The Collection" if you dont believe me. The lyrics are in there as well as the title on the back.

This song is proving the age-old belief that girls find men who have traits like their father. The traits described are those in both her father and in the lovers she has had. She is saying that she wants a man just like her father, even though he displays poor character traits.

I think it is a portrait of growth. The first stanza describes the qualities in dad she dreams of in a man, the third stanza represents the reality of what many women accept in a man, the fifth stanza is typical of how a woman justifies this acceptance, and finally, it comes full circle, back to what is foundational and important to her. It is a strong message to Dads, that your little girl, deep down, wants a man like you... whether you are a dad who is 'strangely enigmatic' or a man who is 'addicted to some substance.' THAT is what your daughter is going to view as 'ideal' in her mind.

The unfinished last verse is Alanis genius. It's a point of realization, an epiphany, a moment of personal enlightenment. Almost as if she is surprised to find that she seeks a man just like her... father.

She thinks about how could it be if her lover was like her father. So she speaks about her fathers personality and the way she would like her lover could relate to her. And the last line says it all, except the word father is not in it.

A daughter looks for a partner who resembles her father and this song is to a father saying that e should be loving, respecting, attentive... to his daughter so she will look for a mate who has those qualities too.

I think in this song she is comparing her father to current and/pr past realtionships. She is describing traits of man she has been with; please be a sexaholic please be unpredictably miserable please be self absorbed much (not the good kind) please be addicted to some substance Then she is describing the things she wishes her dad was to her; papa laugh with your princess so that she will find funny princes familiar papa respect your princess so that she will find respectful princes familiar.

The last line "please be just like my" she doesnt finish the sentence becasue she wants her dad, and her lovers to be like the things she described, but they can't be...So thats why she didnt finish the line. Also used as away to show that all this can be changed... In a cleaver way she is somewhat blaming all of her failed realtionships on the fact that her father didnt familirize her with those things. All in All its a beautiful song...

Well, I think the last word is "father". I never looked at the song like Suha did, but that's a great way of looking at it. I look at it like asking the father to be these things so the girl can know that's what to look for in a lover, and the last two lines make me think of the princess writing in her diary about what she wants her lover to be like and breaks off at "just like my.." when she realises she has the "perfect father" That's my view! :)

my outlook on this song is slightly different. I beleive this song is about embracing yourself. i think alanis is telling her father to have unconditional love for her so she can become who she really is. i think all the "please be's" has to do with who she really wants to be. she refers to "papa" quite often i think this is referring to her relationship with her father and she wants him to listen to her and love her for who she is. I love this song. feel free to correct me if anybody feels this is not a proper interpretaion.

okay. The song is pricness familiar. she wrote this song when she was living with a woman. also it's not "I love the way you press my buttons, so much sometimes i could strangle you." it's "So much sometimes I push them for you."

I read somewhere that women always look for partners that make them remember their father (in questions of personality)... I honestly believe it is true, when you love your father, his way of treating your mom and other people, his personality...you unconsciously look for a similar partner :) this song is beautiful, alanis has a peculiar way to express her feelings, I really admire her.

This song is about how important a fathers relationship is with his daughter and a father should be good to his daugher because she will look for a husband who treats her like her dad has. This is true in real like too. This song is also about the type of husband that Alanis is looking for. These 2 things are seperated by the even and odd numbered lyrics.

In the songs lyrics, the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th verse's desribe what she is looking for or wants in a man while the 2nd, 4th and 6th verse's describe how a father should treat her daughter, so that she will look for those same traits in a man resulting in a more loving, healthy happy relationship for his daughter.