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Barely Breathing

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Barely Breathing

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I know what you're doing

I see it all to clear

I only taste the saline when I kiss away your tears

You really had me going, wishing on a star

But the black holes that surrounded you are heavier by far

I believed in your confusion, you were so completely torn

It must've been that yesterday was the day that I was born

There's not much to examine, there's nothing left to hide

You really can't be serious, you hafta ask me why

I say goodbye

'Cause I am barely breathing

And I can't find the air

Don't know who I'm kidding

Imagining you care

And I could stand here waiting

A fool for another day

I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price

The price that I would pay

Everyone keeps asking what's it all about

I used to be so certain and I can't figure out

What is this attraction? I only feel the pain

There's nothing left to reason and only you to blame

Will it ever change?

'Cause I am barely breathing

And I can't find the air

I don't know who I'm kidding

Imaginging you care

And I could stand here waiting

A fool for another day

But I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price

The price that I would pay

But I'm thinking it over anyway

I've come to find

I may never know

Your changing mind

Is it friend or foe?

I rise above

Or sink below

With every time

You come and go

Please don't come and go

'Cause I am barely breathing

And I can't find the air

I don't know who I'm kidding

Imagining you care

And I could stand here waiting

A fool for another day

But I don't suppose it's worth the price, worth the price

The price that I would pay

But I'm thinking it over anyway

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