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I Have Therapy lyrics
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Intro
I have therapy... that's all I gotta say Thumb on the glass, the kitchen light low
Verse 1
"Can't make it tonight, I got therapy, fam" Hit send and it turns to that little blue bubble He wrote back quick, "proud of you, go handle your health" Nobody pushes a man who says he's doing the work And I'm already shoeless, already off the hook Already breathing slower than I have all week Pizza for one in the glow of a screen I won't answer Telling the group chat a version of me that's better than me
Pre-chorus
And the quiet come in like a warm coat Nobody knocking, nobody owed First night in seven my shoulders go low This is the closest to peace that I know
Chorus
I have therapy, I have therapy The one excuse nobody in the world gon' fight me I have therapy, oh, I have therapy Said I was getting better, I just never went, see
Post-chorus
Don't text back, don't text back I'm okay, I'm okay Read it, leave it, let it stay I'm okay, I'm okay
Verse 2
Then I start saying it for the gym, the date, my mom "Therapy ran late," and the whole room go calm Magic little word, watch 'em back all the way up A life on pause and they out here calling it growth Cup go cold on the counter, second one tonight I tell myself it's healing, I'm just scrolling in the light Two months deep in a cure I been faking the dose Getting real good at love from the safe side of close
Pre-chorus
And the quiet come in like a warm coat Nobody knocking, nobody owed Tea going gray while I scroll and scroll This is the closest to peace that I know
Chorus
I have therapy, I have therapy The one excuse nobody in the world gon' fight me I have therapy, oh, I have therapy Said I was getting better, I just never went, see
Post-chorus
Don't text back, don't text back I'm okay, I'm okay Read it, leave it, let it stay I'm okay, I'm okay
Verse 3
She caught it slow, "baby, your therapist, what's her name?" Forty seconds of nothing, just the AC hum the same "It don't seem to help you," she said it looking down I said "it's a process," let the quiet drown the sound She knows the word too well to say it back to me Loving a locked door, hoping someday it'll be a key
Bridge
Truth is I never walked in Never sat in the chair, never said where I been Just liked how it sounded, "I'm finally working on me" Cracked phone, cold tea, 954, nobody to see Said I was getting better, never said I went
Verse 4
Therapy night, just me and the lamp again Said it out to the wall, "I'm scared of the start, man" The thing I can't text, the thing I can't say, Is I'd rather lie warm than let somebody help me today If I name what it is then I gotta go fix it So I keep it a comfort, a soft little prison
Verse 5
New number rings me, a real appointment, nine a.m. Thumb hover, then I type it, "can't make it, got therapy, fam" Same little blue bubble, same soft chime, Cancelled the only thing that was actually mine Hover for help, then I bury it polite Two years of getting better, never started, never tried
Chorus
I have therapy, I have therapy The one excuse nobody in the world gon' fight me I have therapy, oh, I have therapy Said I was getting better, I just never went, see
Outro
Light still on, read at 7:15 Nobody coming, just like I wanted, I think
Inside the recording
I have therapy... that's all I gotta say Thumb on the glass, the kitchen light low
And the quiet come in like a warm coat Nobody knocking, nobody owed
Light still on, read at 7:15 Nobody coming, just like I wanted, I think
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