Breakneck Speed

Alanis Morissette - Purgatorying



Entertain me for the tenth hour in a row again

Anesthetize me with your gossip and many random antecdotes

And fill every hour with activity ear candy

Drop me off at intersections in any city metropolitan



And keep me in this state

And keep me purgatorying

And keep me back to sleep

This is far more than I have bargained for



Start every week with a breakneck urgent design

And end every speed day with my

Briefcase representing free time

Spending my fumes my purchases become my lifeline

Please give my love to my family

I'll doubtfully be home at Christmas time



Don't disturb me in this state

Please leave me purgatorying

I'll be damned if I'm to wake

This is far more than I am equipped for



I've held you up like a dear

You're like the sole owner of wings

This unrequited tunnel of vision

And I wond