Alanis Morissette – Thank U was written after returning from a trip to India. Says Morissette, “Basically, I had never stopped in my whole life, hadn’t taken a long breath, and I took a year and a half off and basically learned how to do that. When I did stop and I was silent and I breathed… I was just left with an immense amount of gratitude, and inspiration, and love, and bliss, and that’s where the song came from, you know.”
Alanis Morissette: Thank U
How about getting off of these antibiotics
How about stopping eating when I’m filled up
How about them transparent dangling carrots
How about that ever elusive kudo
Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence
How about me not blaming you for everything
How about me enjoying the moment for once
How about how good it feels to finally forgive you
How about grieving it all one at a time
Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence
The moment I let go of it was
The moment I got more than I could handle
The moment I jumped off of it was
The moment I touched down
How about no longer being masochistic
How about remembering your divinity
How about unabashedly bawling your eyes out
How about not equating death with stopping
Thank you India
Thank you providence
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you nothingness
Thank you clarity
Thank you thank you silence
yeah yeah
ahh ohhh
ahhh ho oh
ahhh ho ohhhhhh
yeaahhhh yeahh
Alanis Morissette
Thank U
About Alanis Morissette
Morissette practices Buddhism but was raised in a devout Roman Catholic family. Born in Ottawa, Canada June 1, 1974, she became a US citizen in 2005 but is still a Canadian citizen. Her mother was a school teacher and her dad a high school principal. She has a twin brother and an older brother.
In elementary school, Morissette played piano, had dance lessons, and appeared on a children’s tv show called “You Can’t Do That on Television”.
Throughout her teen years and her 20s, Morissette eating disorders and depression. She was since recovered and ran a marathon promoting awareness for the National Eating Disorders Association in 2009.
When she released her first album in Canada in 1991, Morissette’s popularity, style of music and appearance, particularly that of her hair, led her to become known as the Debbie Gibson of Canada; comparisons to Tiffany were also common. During the same period, she was a concert opening act for rapper Vanilla Ice. In 1992 she released her second album but it was a commercial failure, selling only a little more than half the copies of her first album.
In 1993, Morissette came out with her first internationally released album, Jagged Little Pill, which led to her signing with Maverick Records and also learning to play guitar. This was the album that officially made her a superstar.
She released her last (seventh) album in 2008. In 2010, Morissette married rapper Mario “Souleye” Treadway. They had a son in 2010 and a daughter in 2016.
