Therapy - Tick, ! - Jonathan Larson

Tick, ! soundtrack - Jonathan Larson track 06 - Therapy (with Raul Esparza, Raúl Esparza) Music and words written by Jonathan Larson, who sings on a demo track recorded in 1993. Recorded at Clinton Recording Studio B, New York, New York on July 9, 2001. JONATHAN AND SUSAN SUSAN: Are you saying we can’t talk? JONATHAN: Are you saying we are not talking? SUSAN: What are you saying? JONATHAN: What are you saying? I’m saying I feel bad, that you feel bad About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad About what I said, about what you said About me not being able to share a feeling SUSAN: If I thought that what you thought Was that I hadn’t thought about sharing my thoughts Then my reaction to your reaction To my reaction Would have been more revealing JONATHAN: I was afraid that you’d be afraid If I told you that I was afraid of intimacy If you don’t have a problem with my problem Maybe the problem is simply co-dependency SUSAN: Yes I know that now you know That I didn’t know that you didn’t know That when I said ’No’ I meant ’Yes, I know’ And that now I know that you knew That you knew you adored me JONATHAN: I was wrong to SUSAN: Say you were wrong to JONATHAN: Say I was wrong about SUSAN: You being wrong JONATHAN: When you meant to say that SUSAN: The ring was the wrong thing to bring JONATHAN: If I meant what I said When I said rings bore me JONATHAN AND SUSAN: I’m not mad that you got mad that I got mad When you said I should go drop dead JONATHAN: If I were you when I’d done what I’d done And I’d do what you did when I gave you the ring Having said what I said --- VOICE OVER VOICE --- JONATHAN: I feel bad, that you feel bad About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad About what I said, about what you said About me not being able to share a feeling I thought you’re gonna reacted shallowly When I reacted to you I’m not mad You got mad Go drop dead If I were you when I’d done what I’d done And I’d do what you did when I gave you the ring Having said what I said SUSAN: I feel badly about you Feeling badly about me Feel badly about you If I thought that what you thought Was that I hadn’t thought about sharing my thoughts Then my reaction to your reaction To my reaction Would have been more revealing I’m not mad that you got mad that I got mad When you said I should go drop dead If I were you But I’m not you Said what I said --- END OF VOICE OVER VOICE --- JONATHAN: BUt now it’s out in the open SUSAN: Now it’s off our chest JONATHAN AND SUSAN: Now it’s four am And we have therapy tomorrow It’s too late to screw So lets just get some rest