Breathe You In

I feel it creeping up again
This demon, my long lost friend
Can’t let it under my skin
Numbing my heart
Eroding my skeleton
I’ll go where the wind blows
I’ll stay inside when there’s no one home
I only know what I wanna know
I only breathe so I know there’s hope

Save me from the words I can’t speak freely
Because my mouth is shut tight
And I’m about to lose my mind

Stay away!
I think that it’s just better if I learn to live estranged

I can hear you coming closer
Feel your heat as it approaches
If I could just breathe you in
Fill my lungs with your life again
You won’t see me running next time
Or drag my feet as I look backwards
If you could just look inside
And see that it’s you I’m living by

God only knows how I beat this
But he isn’t here and it’s only my own hands to find a way
If I can find strength for the moment
When this weakness moves my head and my heart to take flight again

Come closer and stay

I can hear you coming closer
Feel your heat as it approaches
If I could just breathe you in
Fill my lungs with your life again
You won’t see me running next time
Or drag my feet as I look backwards
If you could just look inside
And see that it’s you I’m living by

Save me from the words I can’t speak freely
Because my mouth is shut tight
And I’m about to lose my mind