Smiling

Album: Such Pretty Forks In The Road (2020)
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  • This is a life of extremes
    Both sides are slippery and enticing
    These are my places off the rails

    And this, my loose recollection of a falling
    I barely remember who I failed
    I was just trying to keep it together

    This is my first wave of my white flag
    This is the sound of me hitting bottom
    This my surrender, if that's what you call it
    In the anatomy of my crash

    And I keep on smiling
    Keep on moving
    Can't stand still

    Me, the notorious bottom dweller
    Me, the ceiling-less brave explorer
    Lured to the ends of overwhelm

    This is my first wave of the white flag
    This is the sound of me hitting bottom
    This my surrender, if that's what I call it
    In the anatomy of my crash

    And I keep on smiling
    Keep on moving
    Can't stand still

    Such pretty forks in the road
    On this continuum I've been bouncing
    Life flashing promise before my eyes

    This is my first wave of my white flag
    This is the sound of me hitting bottom
    This my surrender, if I can bare it
    In the anatomy of my crash

    And I keep on smiling
    Keep on moving
    Can't stand still Writer/s: Alanis Morissette, Michael Farrell
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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