“‘Retail Therapy’ represents a transition from denial into the second stage of grief: anger. Despite all efforts, there is nothing that can make a loved one come back if they’ve already moved on. I started writing this song in Boston and it originally had a completely different chorus. By the time I...
[Verse 1]
I've been doin' too much retail therapy
You left me with a box of empty memories
That's all I have left of you
Thought I was so much more to you
I've been doin' too much overthinkin'
'Bout you and your friends probably overdrinkin'
That's how you get rid of me
Forget all the shit you did to me
[Pre-Chorus]
Now every day feels like a year
When you're gone and I'm waitin' here
For you to change your mind
I swear you still want this
[Chorus]
So why can't you text me and tell me you're sorry?
Admit that you made a mistake and you love me
Oh, oh
I wish you would call me and say that you need me
Say you wеre stupid and foolish for leavin'
Oh, oh
And when you try to makе up
I'll hang up 'cause you burned me
I just wanna hurt you like you hurt me
[Verse 2]
Been checkin' out mentally a little too often
You left without a sound so suddenly, what happened?
The minute you walked away
You left with a part of me
Now look at what you did to us
Pushin' me away for what?
Guess I never meant that much
Guess I never meant that much
[Chorus]
So why can't you text me and tell me you're sorry?
Admit that you made a mistake and you love me
Oh, oh
I wish you would call me and say that you need me
Say you were stupid and foolish for leavin'
Oh, oh
And when you try to make up
I'll hang up 'cause you burned me
I just wanna hurt you like you hurt me
[Bridge]
I just wanna hurt you like you hurt me
I just wanna hurt you like you hurt me
I just wanna hurt you like you hurt me
[Chorus]
So why can't you text me and tell me you're sorry?
Admit that you made a mistake and you love me
Oh, oh
I wish you would call me and say that you need me
Say you were stupid and foolish for leavin'
Oh, oh
And when you try to make up
I'll hang up 'cause you burned me
I just wanna hurt you like you hurt me
Retail Therapy was written by Matteo Scher & ROSIE.
ROSIE released Retail Therapy on Fri Feb 12 2021.