Alanis Morissette - That I Would be Good

Os traigo esta canción con un doble propósito: lingüístico -para practicar las oraciones condicionales de segundo tipo- y personal -para conocernos un poco más, con nuestras debilidades e inseguridades, y vivir no pese a ellas, sino con ellas-.

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"That I Would Be Good" is a song by Alanis Morissette that was first featured on her 1998 album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie. An acoustic live version of the song was recorded during a session for MTV Unplugged on September 18, 1999. It was released as a single for the album Alanis Unplugged on February 8, 2000.

The lyrics relate Morissette's intimate feelings about being judged, insecurity and self-doubt, expressing in theme and variation the desire to be sufficient in the face of changing external circumstances.


According to Morissette on VH1 Storytellers, the song was written during a time when there were many people in her house and she retreated to her closet to write the lyrics. She also confirmed that she wrote the lyrics and then the music at different times.




Here's the lyrics. Enjoy!

That I would be good even if I did nothing
That I would be good even if I got the thumbs down
That I would be  good if I got and stayed sick
That I would be good even if I gained ten pounds

That I would be fine even if I went bankrupt
That I would be good if I lost my hair and my youth
That I would be great if I was no longer queen
That I would be grand if I was not all knowing

That I would be loved even when I numb myself
That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed
That I would be loved even when I was fuming

That I would be good even if I was clingy

That I would be good even if I lost sanity
That I would be good whether with or without you