Guardian — Alanis Morissette

You, you who has smiled when you’re in pain You who has soldiered through the profane They were distracted and shut down

So why, why would you talk to me at all such words were dishonorable and in vain their promise as solid as a fog

and where was your watchman then

I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand The greatest honor of all, as your guardian

you, you in the chaos feigning sane You who has pushed beyond what’s humane Them as the ghostly tumbleweed

And where was your watchman then

I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand The greatest honor of all, as your guardian

now no more smiling mid crestfall No more managing unmanageables No more holding still in the hailstorm

Now enter your watchwoman

I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand The greatest honor of all, as your guardian