empathy

There are so many parts that I have hidden and denied and lost

There are so many ways that I have cut off my nose to spite my face

There are so many colours that I still try to hide while I paint

And there are so many tunes that I secretly sing as I wait

You come along

And invite these parts out of hiding oh oh

This invitation

Is one that I’ve stopped fighting oh oh

Thank you for seeing me

How I feel so less lonely

Thank you for getting me

I'm healed by your empathy

Ha-a this intimacy ha-a-a-a

There were so many times I thought I had died not being truly known

There've been so many moments forever lonely in my vocation

You come along

To celebrate each feeling

And there you are

All honoured and inquiring ha-a-a-a

Thank you for seeing me

How I feel so less lonely

Thank you for getting me

I'm healed by your empathy

Ha-a this intimacy ha-a-a-a

There was a day where the trust that was being asked of me

Required too much

You seem to accept your generosity

To know myself enough

To let you have me

Thank you for seeing me

How I feel so less lonely

Thank you for getting me

I'm healed by your empathy

Ha-a this intimacy ha-a-a-a