[Intro – soft piano, light ambient swell]
(breath in)
I practice words when I’m alone…
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[Verse 1 – soft, vulnerable]
I hold the feeling in my chest
Like fragile glass beneath my ribs
Every time I try to let it out
It disappears before it lives
You reach for me so naturally
You say it like it’s easy air
But love inside my lungs feels heavy
Like I’m not built to share
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[Pre-Chorus – rising strings, breathy]
It’s not that I don’t feel it
God, I feel it too much
But when the moment comes
I freeze before your touch
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[Chorus – emotional, swelling]
If I could breathe you
Instead of fear
If I could say the words
The way they sound in here
If I could reach you
Before they fall apart
You’d know the ocean
That’s hiding in my heart
I’m not made of silence
I just don’t know where to start
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[Verse 2 – slightly stronger, still fragile]
I replay scenes inside my mind
Where I say everything I mean
Where I don’t second-guess my tone
Or what my trembling might be seen
You think I’m distant sometimes
Like I’m somewhere far away
But I’m just fighting with the tide
Of things I’m scared to say
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[Pre-Chorus – stronger]
It’s not that I don’t love you
It’s louder than you know
But every time it rises
My voice won’t let it show
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[Chorus – fuller strings]
If I could breathe you
Instead of fear
If I could hold the note
And keep you near
If I could reach you
Without my hands shaking
You’d see the love
My silence is breaking
I’m not empty —
I’m just learning how to say it
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[Bridge – stripped piano, almost whisper]
I was never taught
How to open wide
So I built my heart
With the doors inside
But you keep knocking
Soft and slow
And I’m trying harder
Than I show
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[Final Chorus – emotional peak, but gentle]
If I could breathe you
Instead of doubt
If I could let the water
Finally pour out
You’d hear it clear
No walls, no disguise
The love I hold
Behind my quiet eyes
I’m not afraid of you…
I’m afraid of losing you
Before I get it right
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[Outro – soft piano, fading strings]
(barely above whisper)
I’m trying…
I really am…
(piano fades)
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