i can barely breathe                                        
-b r e a t h-                                                                                        
chasing down every breath that i take
      but i'm gonna fake it    and  
shake every hand  
     every one      i   cant   stand    
        as i'm standing here            
        gasping for              
     air              
-b r e a t h-                                                                                      
swallowed the pills
         with intention to killoff
the part of my   self  
   thats been            
       t r  y i  n  g   t   o  ****  m  e            

-b r e a t h-                                                                                        
        but it survived and now          
                     e v   er   y      night        
              w  i  d  e    awake  
           try to fake
          what it feels like
        t o     d  i   e
   just   to   make   sure   im  
         a    l    i    v    e                      
-b r e a t h-                                                                                        
now that I can breathe        
questioning every breath that i take        
        am I gonna make it?   and    
shake every hand
     every one      i   cant   stand
        as i'm standing here
     g asping   for        
air                      
-b r e a t h-                                                                                        
swallowed the pills
                  for the mentally ill          
but not paying the   bill          
    that's a b n o r m a l they tell   m e
                                                          t o
                    not feel the shame when
       there's no one to blame          
just a way to be different that makes me the same  
just know  
after the tone  
     when they      
          c a l l    
m e
     b y    
   n   a   m   e        
-b r e a t h-                                                                                        

i can barely breathe                                        
br-                                    
-th                              
chasing down    
every breath
cuz i know
that they      
know              
thatimfakingit                
shakingtheirhands                    
howcouldthey                                    
u  n  d  e  r  s  t  a  n  d   ?                                      
whatidontunderstandasimstandinghere
gasping
for
air

i can barely breathe