Rest - Alanis Morissette

All these relief-givers

The needle sure revs in the red

Chemicals like drugs

They feel like they come from my best friend

You think me a coward but I am a warrior

With many voices in my head

When I looked around and I reached out

I saw no alternative

And God rest, God rest our souls

And this substance is the only comfort I know

He’s been hurting for a while

Can we cut this man some slack

Let him lie down, let him lie down

We are a country

Desperate for the embryonic

I’m cold and I’m hungry

And I yearn for a hand on my forehead

You think it’s a walk in the park and it’s easy

She’s got it as good as it gets

This misunderstanding’s a line between living

And being a walking dead

And God rest, please rest our souls

And the more I take, the less comfort I know

She’s been pushing for a while

Can we cut this woman slack

Let her lie down, let her lie down

The more that you hurl at me

The more I will curl up in my bed

Where’s the humanity?

Aren’t we all hovering around the same end?

Door number 1, 2 and 3 have been promises

That aren’t enough to be kept

You wish me a speedy recovery

But when you turn I plumb the depths

And God rest, God please rest our souls

This is the surest exit I have known

We’ve been hurting for a while

Can we cut ourselves some slack

Let us lie down, let us lie down

Let us lie down, let me lie down