[Verse 1]
Woke up in the wrong skin
Teeth on the edge of a scream
Sink in the mattress
Sinking again
Still replaying that scene
You said
“This is what you wanted”
Echo cut straight through my chest
All of these trophies in my closet
Still can’t buy me rest
[Pre-Chorus]
Every mirror
Keeps collecting lies
I keep carving
Perfect alibis
If I disappear
Would you feel the theft?
I keep choking
Just to taste my breath
[Chorus]
Breath
I keep begging my body to breathe
But the air won’t stay with me
It just leaves
It just leaves (oh)
Breath
Every inhale burns like regret
Every exhale writing my debt
I just need
I just need my breath
[Verse 2]
Smile like a weapon on display
Hands shake under the table
Laugh at the jokes I never made
Play the part till I’m unstable
You trace halos on my wrists
Say I’m closer than I think
But I’m drowning in the twist
Of every word we never speak
[Pre-Chorus]
Every promise
Tastes like rust and dust
You say “trust me”
But I cracked that trust
If I vanish
Would you feel what’s left?
I’m on empty
But I fake each breath
[Chorus]
Breath
I keep begging my body to breathe
But the air won’t stay with me
It just leaves
It just leaves (yeah)
Breath
Every inhale burns like regret
Every exhale writing my debt
I just need
I just need my breath
[Bridge]
Count to ten with my eyes closed
Hear your voice in the undertow
If this is growing
Why’s it so small?
Why do I feel nothing at all? (nothing)
Pull me out or pull me apart
Either way you’re holding my heart
If I shatter
Wear what’s left
On your chest
On your chest (hey)
[Chorus]
Breath
I keep begging my body to breathe
But the air won’t stay with me
It just leaves
It just leaves
Breath
Every inhale burns like regret
Every exhale writing my debt
I just need
I just need my breath
Breath
If you take what’s under my ribs
Promise me you’ll learn how to live
’Cause I gave
Yeah I gave my breath