[Strained breathing intro]
[Breathy, intimate]
I no fit breathe…
Na only bleed…
[Bass guitar slaps with a dark motif under the verse]
[Verse 1]
You dey call me late like say nothing dey wrong
Like say I still dey where you leave me
I taste all the words wey I no suppose talk
So I let you forget me
[Muted electric guitar enters]
You don stitch yourself inside my skin
Every cut dey spell your name
I for don waka since the first time
But I stay, I enter the flame
You know say you bad for me
I know say you bad for me
But anytime you call my name
Something inside dey run to you again
[Pre-Chorus]
Every warning sign
I dey pretend say I no see
Every time I try waka comot
Something dey drag me back to thee
I dey run, I dey run
But I still dey come back
I know where this road dey go
But I still dey follow your track
[Chorus]
I no fit breathe, na only bleed
Anytime you come near me
You dey take more than I fit give
But na you dey make me feel alive
I no fit breathe, na only bleed
Drowning for wetin we fit be
If this love na slow disease
Why I still need am to survive?
I no fit breathe…
Na only bleed…
[Verse 2]
You dey move like mercy, you dey talk like sin
You call my name like prayer
Every promise wey fall from your mouth
Leave me fighting for air
I don learn your madness like a map
Every corner, every lie
I know exactly where e go lead
Still I follow, still I try
You say “trust me,” I know better
You say “stay,” and I stay
Every time I swear say na the last time
You find another way
You know say you bad for me
I know say you bad for me
But when your body come close to mine
I forget everything wey I know
[Pre-Chorus]
Every warning sign
I dey pretend say I no see
Every step wey I take from you
Na another step back to me
I dey run, I dey run
But I still dey come back
I know where this road dey go
But I still dey follow your track
[Chorus]
I no fit breathe, na only bleed
Anytime you come near me
You dey take more than I fit give
But na you dey make me feel alive
I no fit breathe, na only bleed
Drowning for wetin we fit be
If this love na slow disease
Why I still need am to survive?
I no fit breathe…
Na only bleed…
[Bridge - strip it down]
Talk true to me
I be something wey you no want
But you no fit release?
I be only your habit?
Something wey you run back to
Anytime your heart dey need?
Tell me straight
Do you love me
Or you just no fit let me go?
[Beat drops, instruments swell]
If na you dey choke me
Why na you I still want breathe?
If na you dey break me
Why na you I still dey need?
[Pre-Chorus - building]
Every warning sign
I dey pretend say I no see
Every time I try waka comot
Something dey drag me back to thee
I dey run, I dey run
But I still dey come back
I know where this road dey go
But I still dey follow your track
[Final Chorus - full]
I no fit breathe, na only bleed
Anytime you come near me
You dey take more than I fit give
But na you dey make me feel alive
I no fit breathe, na only bleed
Drowning for wetin we fit