empathy

by Alanis Morissette

From the album: Havoc and Bright Lights

Track 5 of 12 on Havoc and Bright Lights (2012).

Duration: 4:02

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Lyrics for 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, oh This invitation is one that I've stopped fighting, oh, oh Thank you for seeing me I feel so less lonely Thank you for getting me I'm healed by your empathy Oh this intimacy ooh 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, oh And there you are all honor and inquiring oh, oh Thank you for seeing me I feel so less lonely Thank you for getting me I'm healed by your empathy Oh this intimacy ooh 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 help me Thank you for seeing me I feel so less lonely Thank you for getting me I'm healed by your empathy Oh this intimacy ooh

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  11. receive
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