Album: Havoc And Bright Lights (2012)
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  • On the Havoc and Bright Lights cut "Numb," Morissette sings about ending up getting addicted in an attempt to get away from feeling things. It is followed on the album by this song, which she explained to Parade magazine is, "about the recovery journey from those addictions and about falling off that recovery."

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