Alanis Morissette - I Was Hoping lyrics

As we were talking outside,<br>It was cold,<br>We were shivering, yet warmed by the subject matter.<br><br>My wife is in the next room,<br>We've been having troubles you know,<br>Please don't tell her or anyone,<br>But I need to talk to somebody.<br><br>You said, 'wouldn't it be a shame if I knew how great I was<br>Five minutes before I died? I'd be filled with such regret<br>Before I took my last breath.'<br>And I said, 'you're willing to tell me this now, and you're not going to die<br>Anytime soon.'<br>And I said I haven't been eating chicken,<br>Or meat,<br>Or anything.<br><br>And you said yes, but you've been wearing leather and laughed and said<br>We're at the top of the food chain.<br>And yes you're still a fine woman,<br>And I cringed.<br><br>I was hoping,<br>I was hoping we could heal each other.<br>I was hoping,<br>I was hoping we could be raw together.<br><br>We left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60's), said<br>'good bye, sir. thank you for your business sir. you're successful and<br>Established, sir, and we like the frequency with which you dine here sir. and<br>Your money.'<br>And when I walked by, they said 'thank you too dear.'<br>I was all pigtails and cords.<br>And there was a day when I would've said something like,<br>'hey dude, I could buy and sell this place, so kiss it.'<br>I too once thought I was owed something.<br><br>I was hoping,<br>I was hoping we could challenge each other.<br>I was hoping,<br>I was hoping we could crack each other up.<br><br>I too thought that when proved wrong, I lost somehow.<br>I too thought life was cruel.<br>It's a cycle, really.<br>You think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you.<br>I think you're insensitive and I don't feel heard.<br><br>And I said 'do you believe we are fundamentally judgmental? <br>Fundamentally evil? '<br>And you said yes.<br>And I said do you believe in revenge, in right or wrong, good or bad? <br>And you said 'well, what about the man that I saw handcuffed in the emergency<br>Room,<br>Bleeding after beating his kid, and she threw a shoe at his head.<br>I think what he did was wrong, and I wouldn't have had a hard time feeling<br>Compassion for him.'<br>I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged.<br><br>I was hoping,<br>I was hoping we could dance together.<br>I was hoping,<br>I was hoping we could be creamy together.