Joining You - Alanis Morissette

Dear Darlin,

Your mom, my friend

Left a message on my machine

She was frantic

Saying you were talking crazy.



That you wanted to do away with yourself.

Guess she thought I would be the perfect resort

Because we've had this inexplicable connection since our youth



And yes, they're in shock

They are panicked

You and your chronic

Them and their drama

You this embarassment

Us in the middle of this delusion.



If we were our bodies,

If we were our futures,

If we were our defenses,

I'd be joining you.



If we were our culture,

If we were our leaders,

If we were our denials,

I'd be joining you.



I remember vividly a day years ago,

We were camping.

You knew more than you thought you should know.

You said "I don't want ever to be brainwashed"

And you were mindboggling, you were intense.

You were uncomfortable in your own skin.

You were thirsty,

But mostly you were beautiful.



If we were our nametags,

If we were our rejections,

If we were our outcomes,

I'd be joining you.



If we were our indignities,

If we were our successes,

If we were our emotions,

I'd be joining you.



You and I, we're like four year olds.

We want to know why, and how come about everything.

We want to reveal ourselves at will, and speak our minds.

And never talk small talk and be intuitive,

And question mightily, and find God my tortured beacon.



We need to find like-minded companions.



If we were their condemnations,

If we were their projections,

If we were our paranoias, I'd be joining you.



If we were our incomes,

If we were our obsessions,

If we were our afflictions, I'd be joining you.



We need a reflection,

We need a really good memory.

Feel free to call me a little more often

Cher Darlin,

Ta maman, mon amie

J'ai laissé un message sur ma machine

Elle était frénétique

Dire que vous parliez fou.



Que vous vouliez vous débarrasser de vous-même.

Je suppose qu'elle pensait que je serais la station idéale

Parce que nous avons ce lien inexplicable depuis notre jeunesse



Et oui, ils sont sous le choc

Ils sont paniqués

Vous et votre chronique

Eux et leur drame

Vous cet embarras

Nous au milieu de cette illusion.



Si nous étions nos corps,

Si nous étions notre avenir,

Si nous étions nos défenses,

Je te rejoindrais.



Si nous étions notre culture,

Si nous étions nos dirigeants,

Si nous étions nos dénis,

Je te rejoindrais.



Je me souviens très bien il y a un jour,

Nous campions.

Vous en saviez plus que vous ne le pensiez.

Vous avez dit "Je ne veux jamais subir de lavage de cerveau"

Et vous étiez ahurissant, vous étiez intense.

Vous étiez mal à l'aise dans votre peau.

Tu avais soif,

Mais surtout tu étais belle.



Si nous étions nos badges,

Si nous étions nos rejets,

Si nous étions nos résultats,

Je te rejoindrais.



Si nous étions nos indignités,

Si nous étions nos succès,

Si nous étions nos émotions,

Je te rejoindrais.



Vous et moi, nous sommes comme des enfants de quatre ans.

Nous voulons savoir pourquoi et comment tout se fait.

Nous voulons nous révéler à volonté et parler de nos esprits.

Et ne parlez jamais de petites paroles et soyez intuitif,

Et interrogez puissamment, et trouvez Dieu ma balise torturée.



Nous devons trouver des compagnons partageant les mêmes idées.



Si nous étions leurs condamnations,

Si nous étions leurs projections,

Si nous étions nos paranoïas, je vous rejoindrais.



Si nous étions nos revenus,

Si nous étions nos obsessions,

Si nous étions nos afflictions, je me joindrais à vous.



Nous avons besoin d'une réflexion,

Nous avons besoin d'une très bonne mémoire.

N'hésitez pas à m'appeler un peu plus souvent