It's always fun when a great word or phrase pops up in song lyrics. Say what you will about Alanis Morissette, but she has a bigger vocabulary than most singers. She also has a way of putting words together that most people wouldn't. I find that refreshing.
Example: In 1995's wildly successful Jagged Little Pill, she has this great line in the song "Head Over Feet." The line is: "You held your breath/and the door for me." I love that.
A bit later in her career, she got more sophisticated, using words like "vacillated," "ambivalence," "reticence" and "archaic" on her 2002 cd, Under Rug Swept. Some more good lines on that cd: "I'm working my way toward our union mended." (from the song "A Man") and "That particular month, we needed time to marinate in what 'us' meant." (from the song "That Particular Time").
I do miss getting liner notes when I download mp3s. Does anyone else miss them?
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