Stephen Fearing - The Empathist Lyrics

I met her as the partner
Of the famous singer songwriter
We were both outsiders
And I think that was the start
Of what became a kind of friendship
'Cause we were never lovers
We were drawn together
She was wise and she was witty
She was proud and she was pretty
But I knew that he just saw himself
Reflected in her beauty
And the light of his desire
Flickered like a fire
In a mirror
And I know that she was wise
To the limelight and the lies
And those peacocks
With their feathers and their fists
I called her the lightning rod
She called me The Empathist
She said you just might be civilized
'Cause you were raised by women
And so you've got an inkling
How the other half's been living
Then she winked at me with one eye
Smiled with the other
But she held me out at arm's length
Called me little brother
And in the space between
Was a lifetime of dreams
And those fairytales that some men can't resist
She was the patron saint of troubadours
And I was The Empathist
Years go by
And the scales fall from our eyes
As we roll and rise on the wind
All that I have been
All the stories in between
Take me back
To where I begin
The last time I saw her
She was living in a trailer
Her kid had gone to college
And her cheeks a little paler
We sat up all night talking
Of the joy and the sorrow
We were both a little lonely
Here today and gone tomorrow
And I know that we tried
Between the tarot and the wine
To find a whisper of kismet in a kiss
But she always drew The Empress
And I was drawn The Empathist