Lonesome EJ,

I've never heard anything by Alanis Morrisette, but the people I know who write songs write them as much from the third person, as from the first person point of view. And when they do write in the first person, they do it as a storytelling device, rather that just spewing their guts in the song.

Usually, they want to impart something that they consider to be profound about life. A good example is the song "Till it Overflows" by Mary Daily on her album "Beginnings", which is about situations like the shootings at Columbine High School.

Respectfully,

Carol