After You Say Sorry Lyrics

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

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

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 stuff starts

After you say sorry

After you say sorry

After you say sorry

We can talk about you