Everyone Needs Therapy
Unmasking Emotional Manipulation: Hot Plates' 'Everyone Needs Therapy'
Lyrics
Really getting sick of you
Expressing frustration and exhaustion with someone
Using my head to abuse
Feeling used or taken advantage of mentally or emotionally
Don't fake your tears to be cool
Warning against insincere displays of emotions for social acceptance
So quit your crying we're not fooled
Rejecting false displays of emotion, refusing to be manipulated
So get your own sympathy
Encouragement to seek empathy or support independently
You were never there for me
Recalling lack of support or presence from the other person
Everyone "needs" therapy
Suggesting that everyone could benefit from therapy
So why do I comfort you
Questioning the dynamic of providing comfort to someone who doesn't reciprocate
Don't act like I cant see
Challenging the other person's attempt to deceive or manipulate
How manipulation works on me
Recognizing manipulation tactics employed by the person
Attention whore wants to feed
Describing someone seeking attention by misleading others
On the rats she misleads
Metaphorically referring to followers misled by this person
So get your own sympathy
Reiterating the need for the person to seek their own empathy
All your lies are draining me
Feeling emotionally drained by the person's lies
Everyone "needs" therapy
Repeating the idea that therapy could be beneficial for everyone
So why do I comfort you
Questioning the imbalance in providing comfort despite lack of reciprocity
Why do I waste my time
Reflecting on the wastage of time and energy in the relationship
When there's better things to do
Realizing there are better uses of time than being there for this person
Why am I always there
Questioning the constant presence and care for someone undeserving
When I shouldn't care for you
Recognizing the need to stop caring for this person
Why do I waste my time
Reiterating the feeling of wasting time with this person
When there's better things to do
Reinforcing the idea that there are better things to do than care for this person
You never ever cared for me
Asserting the lack of care or concern received from the person
So why do I care for you
Questioning the motivation behind caring for someone who doesn't reciprocate
Get your own sympathy
Encouragement for the person to seek their own empathy
You were never there for me
Reiterating the absence of support or presence from the other person
Everyone "needs" therapy
Repeating the idea that therapy could benefit everyone
So why do I comfort you
Questioning the rationale behind providing comfort to someone who doesn't reciprocate
So why do I comfort you
Repeated questioning of why the singer provides comfort despite the lack of reciprocity
So why do I comfort you
-So why do I comfort you
-So why do I comfort
-WHY
Expressing frustration and desperation with the situation, emphasizing the "why"
WHY
-WHY
-WHY
-WHY
Continued emphasis on the frustration and confusion regarding the situation
Comment