Offer
Alanis Morissette

Who who am I to be blue
Look at my family and fortune
Look at my friends and my house
Who who am I to feel dead and
Who am I to feel spent
Look at my health and my money
And where where do I go to feel good
Why do I still look outside me
When clearly I’ve seen it won’t work
Is it my calling to keep on when I’m unable
And is it my job to be selfless extraordinaire
And my generosity has me disabled
by this my sense of duty to offer
Why why do I feel so ungrateful
Me who is far beyond survival
Me who’s seen life as an oyster
And how how dare I rest on my laurels
How dare I ignore an outstretched hand
How dare I ignore a third world country
Who who am I to be blue
MORISSETTE, Alanis. Feast on Scraps. Canada: Maverick Recording
Company, 2002. 1 CD. Faixa 5.

Vocabulário

To be blue: estar triste, deprimida
To be selfless extraordinaire: ser altruísta notável
Oyster: ostra
Rest on my laurels: acomodar-me
An outstretched hand: uma mão estendida

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