All I Really Want Lyrics - Alanis Morissette

Do I stress you out? 

My sweater is on backwards and inside out 

And you say, how appropriate 

I don't like to dissect everything today 

I don't mean to pick you apart you see 

But I can't help it 

And there I go jumping before the gunshot has gone off 

Slap me with a splintered ruler 

And it would knock me to the floor if I wasn't there already 

If only I could hunt the hunter 

And all I really want is some patience 

A way to calm the angry voice 

And all I really want is deliverance, ah 

Do I wear you out? 

You must wonder why I'm relentless and all strung out 

I'm consumed by the chill of solitary 

I'm like Estella 

I like to reel it in and then spit it out 

I'm frustrated by your apathy 

And I am frightened by the corrupted ways of this land 

If only I could meet the maker 

And I am fascinated by the spiritual man 

I am humbled by his humble nature, yeah 

And what I wouldn't give to find a soul mate? 

Someone else to catch this drift 

And what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred? Ah 

Enough about me, let's talk about you for a minute 

Enough about you, let's talk about life for a while 

The conflicts, the craziness and the sound of pretenses is falling 

All around, all around 

Why are you so petrified of silence? 

Here can you handle this? 

Did you think about your bills, you ex, your deadlines 

Or when you think you're going to die? 

Or did you long for the next distraction? 

And all I need now is intellectual intercourse 

A soul to dig the hole much deeper 

And I have no concept of time other than it is flying 

If only I could kill the killer 

And all I really want is some peace man 

A place to find a common ground 

And all I really want is a wavelength, ah 

And all I really want is some comfort 

A way to get my hands untied 

And all I really want is some justice, ah 

It's all I really want, some patience 

A way to calm me down 

And all I really want is deliverance 

A place to find a common ground