Welcome to Chillers, the ongoing series where we take a look at songs that give me goosebumps. Bi-weekly posting will be done on WordPress with a cross post to Bluesky.

Jagged Little Pill sits atop the Mount Everest of albums, all the more impressive considering Alanis Morissette was only 19 when she wrote it.

Hand in My Pocket is the album’s flag-waving anthem. It’s an exercise in how many opposites can be squeezed into one track—an honest and deeply human portrayal of beliefs, feelings, and contradictions.

Every line contradicts the next, yet all of it ties back to the same conclusion: it’s okay. Everything will be fine, fine, fine.

It’s messy and real, like slipping your hand into your favorite pair of jeans—comforting and familiar.