Empathy - Lauren Aquilina

Didn’t ask to be born as a black hole

A silent tornado

Between four bedroom walls

I swallow up everybody’s real bad days

I make your pain, my pain

Like it’s nothing at all

Cause when I give a little

I give a lot

There’s no in the middle

Can’t make it stop

When I give a little

It’s all I got

Til there’s nothing left but emptiness

Why do I do this to myself?

Every time you go through hell

I’m right there with you

Whether I like it or not

Oh, I’m overdosing empathy

And I do it recklessly

Why do I care about everybody else but me?

(Yeah)

Picking up on every little signal

You don’t even realise

That you’ve been giving off

I let you plant your problems in my body

And I can’t pull the

Weeds out fast enough

Cause when I give a little

I give a lot

There’s no in the middle

Can’t make it stop

When I give a little

It’s all I got

Til there’s nothing left but emptiness

Why do I do this to myself?

Every time you go through hell

I’m right there with you

Whether I like it or not

Oh, I’m overdosing empathy

And I do it recklessly

Why do I care about everybody else but me?

(Yeah)

Everybody else but me

Why do I care?

I… I gotta get a grip

Cause you’re 2 rooms away

And every single voice inside my head

Is really yours

What have I gotta do

To make them go away

I don’t wanna

Feel all of your feelings anymore

Why do I do this to myself?

Every time you go through hell

I’m right there with you

Whether I like it or not

Oh, I’m overdosing empathy

And I do it recklessly

Why do I care about everybody else but me?

(Yeah)

Why do I care?

I’m overdosing empathy

Is it worth it?

Is it worth it?