Therapist
Unraveling Love's Labyrinth: Noah in the Open's Therapist
Lyrics
I'm sending you old photographs, I'm blindly feeling around
Sending old photographs, exploring without clear direction
And I'm figuring out how to ask out loud if you're trying to figure me out
Reflecting on how to openly inquire about mutual understanding
Because I'm caught in the middle of a two-way street and
Feeling stuck between two choices with your car distant
Your car's a mile away
Reference to physical distance between the speaker and the person
Trying to make out who's in your passenger seat and
Trying to identify who is with you in the car
All I'm wanting to say
Desire to express unspoken feelings
Why can't you say what you're thinking bout
Questioning the other person's communication about their thoughts
Holding my neck by a wire string
Sensations of being controlled or manipulated
Dragging me forward with no way out
Being led forward without an apparent escape
I know that I'll always be wondering
Anticipating a perpetual state of uncertainty
Do you talk about me to your therapist?
Wondering if the person discusses the speaker with their therapist
Am I lucky enough to be a catalyst?
Considering if the speaker has a significant impact on the person's life
In your mind I probably seem like I'm such a mess
Perceived self-negativity in the other person's mind
Cause I'm running a race no one's running in
Engaged in a unique, challenging situation
I never say what I'm wanting to, I know it makes it all worse
Difficulty in expressing desires, acknowledging its negative impact
And I wear thrifted clothes and I'm using your words cause
Adopting behaviors or expressions that prove effective
I know that it works
Acknowledging knowledge of effective communication strategies
I know I'm playing a game with no opponent
Acknowledging a game with no apparent opponent
And you're playing with somebody else
Realizing the other person is involved with someone else
And I can't figure out your next move so
Unable to predict the other person's actions
It seems I'm playing myself
Feeling self-deceived in the situation
Why can't you say what you're thinking bout
Reiterating the need for open communication
Holding my neck by a wire string
Reiteration of feeling controlled or manipulated
Dragging me forward with no way out
Continued sense of being led forward without escape
I know that I'll always be wondering
Repeating the anticipation of perpetual uncertainty
Do you talk about me to your therapist?
Repeating the question about discussions in therapy
Am I lucky enough to be a catalyst?
Reiterating the potential impact on the other person
In your mind I probably seem like I'm such a mess
Reiteration of perceived self-negativity
Cause I'm running a race no one's running in
Reiteration of the unique, challenging situation
Are you fucking up ways to belittle
Questioning if the other person is intentionally undermining
All the sly body language in the middle?
Observing subtle non-verbal cues and behaviors
You say you feel the same way nine times out of ten
Noting a contradiction in expressed feelings
But I know you're in love with another man
Acknowledging the other person's love for someone else
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