Let Me Breathe

Please let me see the light again
I've been buried in the night too long
Every mistake
Every scar
Every fucking thing I've done wrong

It followed me here

But it ends tonight.

 

Let me breathe

Please let me see the light again
I won't be betrayed by the night again
All the mistakes that I made before
I won't let them fucking hurt anymore

I've been face down
Dragged through the dirt


Carrying the weight of everything that hurts
Every bad choice
Every broken part
Every fucking scar left a mark on my heart

But I'm still here
Still standing somehow


If there's a way out
I'm finding it now

Just let me see the dawn again
I'm done being haunted by where I've been

Every fall I took


Every scar I earned
Every bridge I crossed
Every lesson learned

I can feel the pressure underneath my skin

 

Let me out
Let me live
Let me breathe again

Just let me see the way again
I won't be led astray today


The past is gone, I'll hold the key

To set my broken spirit free

Please let me breathe again
I won't be betrayed by the pain I've been in
Just let me breathe again


I won't be defined by the mistakes I've made

Let me breathe
Let me breathe

I'm still fucking here

Just let me see the sky again


I won't be destroyed by another goodbye
Every tear I cried turned into rain
Washing away all the doubt and shame

I spent too long with my head underwater


Every fucking day getting harder and harder
Life had its hands wrapped around my throat
But I'm not fucking ready to let this go

 

No

I've got something left inside
Something you couldn't kill if you tried

I crawled through hell
I swallowed the pain


And if I have to

I'll do it again

Just let me see the way again
I won't be led astray today
The past is gone, I'll hold the key
To set my broken spirit free

Please let me breathe again


I won't be betrayed by the pain I've been in
Just let me breathe again
I won't be defined by the mistakes I've made

 

Let me breathe
Let me breathe

I'm still fucking here

 

Maybe I'm damaged
Maybe I'm scarred
Maybe surviving
Was always supposed to be this hard

 

I've lost pieces of myself
That I know I'll never find

But there's still a pulse inside my chest

 

And this life

Is still mine

One breath

I'm still here

One heart

I still feel

 

One life

You don't get to take it

Get your hands
Off my fucking throat

Let
Me
Breathe

 

Just let me see the light again
I won't disappear into the night again
The past is gone, I'll hold the key
To set my broken spirit free

 

I survived the pain I've been in
I survived every mistake I've made
I survived every fucking second
That tried to put me in my grave

 

So let me breathe

Let me breathe

Let me live

Let me live

I found the light
I found my way

And I'm not fucking going away

 

Breathe in

I'm still here

Breathe out

I'm still fighting

The past is gone

And I'm finally free

Let me breathe

Author's Notes/Comments: 

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