Pollyanna Flower Lyrics - Alanis Morissette

Through you, I see I 

Between a broken nose and a fake smile 

Between piety and gunpowder 

Between fighting and fleeing the scene 

Between murder and diplomacy 

Between aggression and implosion 

Between brutal and realistically well behaved 

Between screaming and pulling in the reins 

Between tiptoeing and ambling 

What am I to do with all this fire? 

(I'd like to hit you but I'd never hit you) 

Would you stay with me in this red space? 

(I'd like to slap you but I'd never slap you 

Between violence and silently seething 

Between my fist and my Pollyanna flower 

Between 'Fuck you' to your face and it's alright 

Between war and denial 

Between violence and silently seething 

Between my fist and my Pollyanna flower 

Between 'Fuck you' to your face and it's alright 

Between war and denial 

Between flying vases and secretly weeping 

Between loose cannons and ever downplaying 

Between bruises and nobly differing 

Between bursting and boiling 

What am I to do with all this burning? 

(I'd like to hurt you but I'd never hurt you) 

Do I overwhelm you in this place? 

(I'd like to kill you but I'd never kill you) 

Between violence and silently seething 

Between my fist and my Pollyanna flower 

Between 'Fuck you' to your face and it's alright 

Between war and denial 

What am I to do with all this fire 

Can you understand me in this place?