I Was Hoping

Song infobox
Name = I Was Hoping

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Artist = Alanis Morissette
Album = Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Released = November 3 1998
track_no = 10
Recorded = April-August, 1998
Genre = Alternative rock
Electronica
Length = 3:31
Writer = Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
Label = Maverick Records
Producer = Glen Ballard, Alanis Morissette
prev = UR
prev_no = 9
next = "One
next_no = 11

"I Was Hoping" is a song written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard.It can be found on Morissette's 1998 second worldwide album "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie".

"I Was Hoping" Lyrics

As we were talking outside,It was cold,We were shivering, yet warmed by the subject matter.

My wife is in the next room,Weve been having troubles you know,Please dont tell her or anyone,But I need to talk to somebody.

You said, wouldnt it be a shame if I knew how great I wasFive minutes before I died? Id be filled with such regretBefore I took my last breath.And I said, youre willing to tell me this now, and youre not going to dieAnytime soon.And I said I havent been eating chicken,Or meat,Or anything.

And you said yes, but youve been wearing leather and laughed and saidWere at the top of the food chain.And yes youre still a fine woman,And I cringed.

I was hoping,I was hoping we could heal each other.I was hoping,I was hoping we could be raw together.

We left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60s), saidgood bye, sir. thank you for your business sir. youre successful andEstablished, sir, and we like the frequency with which you dine here sir. andYour money.And when I walked by, they said thank you too dear.I was all pigtails and cords.And there was a day when I wouldve said something like,hey dude, I could buy and sell this place, so kiss it.I too once thought I was owed something.

I was hoping,I was hoping we could challenge each other.I was hoping,I was hoping we could crack each other up.

I too thought that when proved wrong, I lost somehow.I too thought life was cruel.Its a cycle, really.You think Im withdrawing and guilt tripping you.I think youre insensitive and I dont feel heard.

And I said do you believe we are fundamentally judgmental?Fundamentally evil?And you said yes.And I said do you believe in revenge, in right or wrong, good or bad?And you said well, what about the man that I saw handcuffed in the emergencyRoom,Bleeding after beating his kid, and she threw a shoe at his head.I think what he did was wrong, and I wouldnt have had a hard time feelingCompassion for him.I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged.

I was hoping,I was hoping we could dance together.I was hoping,I was hoping we could be creamy together.

Morissette about "I Was Hoping"

"the choruses in this song are about my having been excited with the newly discovered opportunity that i saw--the relationship i was in--and what it was providing for the both of us. i had never understood the healing quality of safety and intimacy, or the consciousness that was required of me to be in that kind of relationship until that point. the verses are my recounting three separate conversations/experiences."

Records "I Was Hoping" can be found at

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-! CD/DVD! Released! Recorded
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Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
November 3 1998
Royaltone Sutdios Los Angeles
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So Pure
August 10 1999
acoustic modern rock live January 24 1999
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Alanis Unplugged
November 9 1999
September 18, 1999 MTV Unplugged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
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That I Would Be Good
February 8 2000
X99 May 2 1999
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August 19 2002
August 27 2000
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