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