Therapy
Raúl Esparza Lyrics

Are you saying we can't talk?
Asking if it is impossible for them to converse

Are you saying we are not talking?
Asking if they are not conversing at present

What are you saying?
Asking them to clarify their statement

What are you saying?
Asking them to clarify their statement

I'm saying I feel bad, that you feel bad
Sharing that they feel guilty and upset for their partner's reaction

About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad
Reiterating that both of them are upset and apologizing for their own actions

About what I said, about what you said
Acknowledging that both of their words have caused harm

About me not being able to share a feeling
Expressing frustration over difficulty in communicating their emotions

If I thought that what you thought
Speculating about their partner's interpretation of their statement

Was that I hadn't thought about sharing my thoughts
Asking if their partner thinks they haven't considered talking about their feelings

Then my reaction to your reaction
Explaining that their response would have been more revealing if they had misunderstood their partner's reaction

To my reaction would have been more revealing
Clarifying that their partner's response would have given them insight into their reaction

I was afraid that you'd be afraid
Expressing fear over the possibility that their partner is also afraid of intimacy

If I told you that I was afraid of intimacy
Wondering if confessing their own fear to their partner would cause them to think less of them

If you don't have a problem with my problem
Asking if their partner accepts them despite their fear and problems

Maybe the problem is simply co-dependency
Contemplating whether the issue lies with their reliance on each other

Yes, I know that now you know
Stating that they are aware their partner is now aware of something

That I didn't know that you didn't know
Acknowledging that they were previously unaware of their partner's lack of knowledge

That when I said, "No", I meant, "Yes, I know"
Clarifying that they had intended to express knowledge despite initially denying it

And that now I know that you knew that you knew you adored me
Realizing that their partner is aware of their feelings

I was wrong to
Admitting that they were misguided

Say you were wrong to
Acknowledging that their partner was correct in something

Say I was wrong about
Admitting that they made a mistake in their opinion about something

You being wrong
Reassuring their partner that they weren't mistaken

When you meant to say that
Interpreting their partner's intended message

The ring was the wrong thing to bring
Understanding that their partner was upset about the ring they gave

If I meant what I said
If their intentions were as they stated

When I said rings bore me
Expressing boredom with the idea of material possessions like rings

I'm not mad that you got mad that I got mad
Stating that they aren't upset about their partner's reaction to their disagreement

When you said I should go drop dead
Recalling a hurtful statement made in the heat of the argument

If I were you when I'd done what I'd done
Speculating how their partner would feel in their situation

And I'd do what you did when I gave you the ring
Imagining how their partner would act if they gave them a gift

Having said what I said
After expressing their own feelings and opinions

But now it's out in the open
Acknowledging that their issues have been openly discussed

Now it's off our chest
Feeling relieved and unburdened after opening up

Now it's four am
Acknowledging the early morning hour

And we have therapy tomorrow
Referencing the counseling session they have scheduled

It's too late to screw
Feeling too tired or sad to be intimate with one another

So let's just get some rest
Suggesting that they sleep instead of trying to be intimate