Feel Things Lyrics

She said I was an empath

Didn't know what that meant

But sometimes I be living

Too much in my head

I could feel what you feel

Without any words

I know when you're happy

And when it hurts

Growing up I didn't really

Know why I was different

Or the way that I would feel things when

Everybody else just listened

I would run through my mind

Like memories inherited

And their stories became mine like

A tragedy unmerited

And the more that I thought

Just meant the more that I'd feel when

Even the fake stories to me

They felt so real and

I would try to ignore them

But it was no use

Every image imprinted on me like

Mental abuse

And honestly, I'd modestly

Try to cover up the pain

'Cause the more that I'd think about it

The more that I felt so strange how come

Nobody else felt this way

When I lived it every day

But it wasn't 'til I opened up

Would I ever be okay

She said I was an empath

Didn't know what that meant

But sometimes I be living

Too much in my head

I could feel what you feel

Without any words

I know when you're happy

And when it hurts

I was quiet and I was pensive

So as one of my defenses I'd be

Overly insensitive

Cracking jokes at their expense

And I'd be the biggest class clown

'Cause I fed off their attention

And I would puff my chest out

Faking smiles as prevention

'Cause if I could

Make it about them

Then it wasn't about me

And I could suppress the loudest voice

Of insecurity and I would

Avoid the sting

That every word would bring

'Cause the introspective sensitive

He was in full-swing

She said I was an empath

Didn't know what that meant

But sometimes I be living

Too much in my head

I could feel what you feel

Without any words

I know when you're happy

And when it hurts

Until my late twenties

I thought that it was wrong

The way all of my feelings to me

They came on so strong

But it was actually a strength

In a creative way

So now I embrace the sensitivity

And it's here to stay