[Verse 1]
We started on damage
Both of us scarred up
I read your silence
Like it was hard luck
I keep my chest tight
Like I’m bracing for rain
We smile through the wreckage
But it still aches the same
I learned your shutdown
You learned my retreat
Two guarded hearts
Still trying to meet
[Pre-Chorus]
We been hurt, we been hurt
So we hold it in
Every word at the edge
Every breath getting thin
I don’t want us
Living underwater
If we gonna love
We gotta come up farther
[Chorus]
Exhale with me
Exhale with me
We don’t gotta drown
We can breathe
Exhale with me
Exhale with me
Let it out, let it go
Come and breathe
(Exhale with me)
[Verse 2]
I know the look now
When your guard goes up
I see the old pain
When you can’t say much
I’m not here to win you
I’m here to learn
How to stand in the fire
And not let us burn
If trust is a bridge
Then I’ll walk slow
No more holding my lungs
Till I lose control
[Pre-Chorus]
We been hurt, we been hurt
So we hold it in
Every word at the edge
Every breath getting thin
I don’t want us
Living underwater
If we gonna love
We gotta come up farther
[Chorus]
Exhale with me
Exhale with me
We don’t gotta drown
We can breathe
Exhale with me
Exhale with me
Let it out, let it go
Come and breathe
(Exhale with me)
[Bridge]
Take my hand, let it shake
Let it shake, let it shake
Say the truth, make it break
Make it break, make it break
I’m tired of the storm
In our throats
We can heal in the open
We can learn to float
[Final Chorus]
Exhale with me
Exhale with me
We don’t gotta drown
We can breathe
Exhale with me
Exhale with me
Let it out, let it go
Come and breathe
Exhale with me
Exhale with me
This is how we start
To believe
(Exhale with me)