"Guardian" - Alanis Morissette

Multi-platinum, Grammy winning artist Alanis Morissette will be releasing her highly anticipated seventh studio album, HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS, on August 2012, via Ivory Music & Video, the exclusive licensee of Sony Music in the Philippines. Produced by Guy Sigsworth (Björk, Madonna, Seal) and Joe Chiccarelli (Tori Amos, Elton John, My Morning Jacket, U2) and recorded in Los Angeles, the album marks the songstress’ first release in four years.  Fans will be able to purchase the album’s first single, “Guardian,” on www.mymusicstore.com.ph

“This record, as always, is a snapshot of what I currently obsess about, care about, and what strikes me at 4 in the morning in my most introspective moments,” says Morissette. “It is my emotional, psychological, social and philosophical commentary through song. I can't wait to share it with this fun and funny planet, and to tour, and can't WAIT to have the lively, engaging and challenging conversations that these songs may invite.”

TRACKLISTING:

1) Guardian
2) Woman Down
3) 'Til You
4) Celebrity
5) Empathy
6) Lens
7) Spiral
8) Numb
9) Havoc
10) Win and Win
11) Receive
12) Edge of Evolution

You, you who has smiled when you’re in pain 

You who has soldiered through the profane 

They were distracted and shut down 

So why, why would you talk to me at all 

such words were dishonorable and in vain 

their promise as solid as a fog 

and where was your watchman then 

I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian 

I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden 

I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand 

The greatest honor of all, as your guardian 

you, you in the chaos feigning sane 

You who has pushed beyond what’s humane 

Them as the ghostly tumbleweed 

And where was your watchman then 

I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian 

I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden 

I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand 

The greatest honor of all, as your guardian 

now no more smiling mid crestfall 

No more managing unmanageables 

No more holding still in the hailstorm 

Now enter your watchwoman 

I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian 

I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden 

I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand 

The greatest honor of all, as your guardian 

"Guardian", part of the album "Havoc and Bright Lights"

The lyric video showcases ‘guardian’ as a song that combines Alanis’s hard-rocking spirit with insightful, poetic lyrics.  After 4 years away from music, Alanis doesn’t appear to have lost a step along the way.

ABOUT ALANIS MORISSETTE:

Since 1995 Alanis Morissette has been one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians in contemporary music.  Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned vast critical praise, 12 Canadian Juno Awards, 7 Grammy® Awards (with an additional 14 nominations), a Golden Globe nomination and sales of over 60 million albums worldwide.  Morissette’s 1995 debut, “JAGGED LITTLE PILL, was followed by such eclectic and acclaimed albums as SUPPOSED FORMER INFATUATION JUNKIE (1998), MTV UNPLUGGED (1999), UNDER RUG SWEPT (2002), FEAST ON SCRAPS (2002), SO-CALLED CHAOS (2004), JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC (2005), her greatest hits album, THE COLLECTION (2005), and FLAVORS OF ENTANGLEMENT (2008). She has also made many memorable contributions to theatrical releases including: "Uninvited" to the film CITY OF ANGELS (1999), “Still” to DOGMA (1999), and "I Remain", which she wrote for the PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME.  Most recently Alanis has acted on the small screen with roles in hit television series “Weeds” and “Up All Night”, and has appeared as a celebrity guest mentor on the current season of “The Voice”.  For more information please visit www.alanis.com.