Still – English Lyrics

• By: Alanis Morissette
• Album: Dogma - Music From The Motion Picture

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪♪

♪ I am the harm that you inflict ♪

♪ I am your brilliance and frustration ♪

♪ I'm the nuclear bombs if they’re to hit ♪

♪ I am your immaturity and your indignance ♪

♪ I am your misfits and your praises ♪

♪ I am your doubt and your conviction ♪

♪ I am your charity and your rape ♪

♪ I am your grasping and expectation ♪

♪ I see you averting your glances ♪

♪ I see you cheering on the war ♪

♪ I see you ignoring your children ♪

♪ And I love you still ♪

♪ And I love you still ♪

♪ I am your joy and your regret ♪

♪ I am your fury and your elation ♪

♪ I am your yearning and your sweat ♪

♪ I am your faithless and your religion ♪

♪ I see you altering history ♪

♪ I see you abusing the land ♪

♪ I see you and your selective amnesia ♪

♪ And I love you still ♪

♪ And I love you still ♪

♪ Haaaaaaaahh ♪

♪ I am your tragedy and your fortune ♪

♪ I am your crisis and delight ♪

♪ I am your profits and your prophets ♪

♪ I am your art I am your bytes ♪

♪ I am your death and your decisions ♪

♪ I am your passion and your plights ♪

♪ I am your sickness and convalescence ♪

♪ I am your weapons and your light ♪

♪ I see you holding your grudges ♪

♪ I see you gunning them down ♪

♪ I see you silencing your sisters ♪

♪ And I love you still ♪

♪ And I love you still ♪

♪ I see you lie to your country ♪

♪ I see you forcing them out ♪

♪ I see you blaming each other ♪

♪ And I love you still ♪

♪ And I love you still ♪

♪ Haaaaaaaahh ♪

♪♪

Key Grammar Structures

• I am the harm that you inflict

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'am' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual or permanent state. Here, it emphasizes the speaker's identity as the harm inflicted by the addressee.

• I see you averting your glances

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with Continuous Action

  ➔ The verb 'see' is in the present simple tense, but it describes a continuous action of observing. This highlights the ongoing nature of the addressee's behavior.

• And I love you still

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with Adverb 'still'

  ➔ The adverb 'still' modifies the verb 'love' to indicate that the action continues despite circumstances. It emphasizes the enduring nature of the speaker's love.

• I am your tragedy and your fortune

  ➔ Coordination of Nouns

  ➔ The nouns 'tragedy' and 'fortune' are coordinated by the conjunction 'and', showing that the speaker embodies both aspects simultaneously.

• I see you abusing the land

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with Gerund

  ➔ The verb 'see' is in the present simple tense, and 'abusing' is a gerund acting as the direct object. This construction emphasizes the action being observed.

• I am your weapons and your light

  ➔ Coordination of Nouns with Contrasting Ideas

  ➔ The nouns 'weapons' and 'light' are coordinated by 'and', highlighting the duality of the speaker's nature, representing both destruction and hope.

• I see you silencing your sisters

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with Object Pronoun

  ➔ The verb 'see' is in the present simple tense, and 'your sisters' is the object pronoun. This construction clearly identifies the recipients of the action.

• And I love you still

  ➔ Repetition for Emphasis

  ➔ The phrase 'And I love you still' is repeated throughout the song to emphasize the unwavering nature of the speaker's love, despite the observed flaws.