After You Say Sorry

The time to talk about your feelings was last week
Not now while I'm trying to speak
It's not that they don't matter
But they don't really matter in this moment
The time to talk about your feelings is later
Maybe after you've made me feel better
Which we can't do
While we're talking about you, talking about you
I'm not proposing legislation that you can't talk

In fact I think you should with someone on the clock

You've got time to work out your thoughts without me, without me
After you say sorry we can talk about you

Your childhood and what you've been through
How it feels to hear you made me sad
Wow that sounds hard you poor little lad
After you say sorry we can talk about how

It affected your sense of self
To have to grapple with the harm you caused
After you say sorry I'll grab the gauze
Oh you poor little thing
You sentimental being
I'm so touched that you trusted me with your half formed feelings
Oh you poor little thing
And what stellar timing
You're a rock til I wanna talk not about you about me
The time to talk about your feelings is always
When you're being asked to change your ways
Maybe your resistance to change
Is the dominant player in this challenging phase
The time to talk about your feelings is never
When you're struggling on your own never
You keep it locked up like an arsenal
That you can deploy when you're vulnerable
I'm not proposing legislation that you can't talk
In fact I think you should with someone on the clock
You've got time to work out your thoughts without me, without me
After you say sorry we can talk about you
Your childhood and what you've been through
How it feels to hear you made me sad
Wow that sounds hard you poor little lad
After you say sorry we can talk about how
It affected your sense of self
To have to grapple with the harm you caused
After you say sorry I'll grab the gauze
Oh you poor little thing
You sentimental being
I'm so touched that you trusted me with your half formed feelings
Oh and how refreshing to see
You be a typical man dodging intimacy
From remarkable women who have places to be

After you say sorry we can talk about where
I touched your heart and it made you scared
Why you don't feel deserving of love
What old patterns this reminds you of
After you say sorry we can do the work
Of helping you name and then unlearn
What messed up shit your parents did
To make you act like a fucking dick

After you say sorry
After you say sorry
After you say sorry
That's when the good shit starts
After you say sorry
After you say sorry
After you say sorry
We can talk about you