Empathy

There are so many parts that I have hidden and denied and lost

There are so many ways that I have cut off my nose to spite my face

There are so many colors that I still try to hide while I paint

And there are so many tunes that I secretly sing as I wait



You come along and invite these parts out of hiding, oh

This invitation is one that I've stopped fighting, oh



Thank you for seeing me

I feel so less lonely

Thank you for getting me

I'm healed by your empathy

Oh-ohh

This intimacy

Oh-ohh-oh-ohh



There were so many times

I thought I'd die not being truly known

There've been so many moments

Forever lonely in my vocation



You come along and celebrate each feeling

Oh-ohh

And there you are -

All honor and inquiring

Oh-ohh-oh-ohh



Thank you for seeing me

I feel so less lonely

Thank you for getting me

I'm healed by your empathy

Oh-ohh

This intimacy

Oh-ohh-oh-ohh



There was a day where the trust that was being asked of me

Required too much, you see, to accept your generosity

And to know myself enough to let you have me



Thank you for seeing me

I feel so less lonely

Thank you for getting me

I'm healed by your empathy

Oh-ohh

This intimacy

Oh-ohh-oh-ohh