Late nights, held up high above the clouds
Drifting further from all that could've been
It's the only place that I can be by myself

Without it all weighing down on me

As light arrives to pull me down from my sleep

I'm left grasping at colors I can't keep
You know that I'm not one to put my heart on my sleeve
But this is what you do to me

If only I could breathe
If only I could breathe


Some days, although these walls cannot speak
I hear them whisper, calling out to me; you know
that I'm not one to go and lie through my teeth

I could've sworn it was you, next to me

So tell me stories I remember how it used to be

Tell me all the things you wish didn't see
Let it happen, and time will set you free


Talking to a shadow, now I find myself
Though I'd never admit it, I would never say it
This is what you do to me

Oh, this is what you're doing to me
If only I could breathe
If only I could breathe


Just leave me alone
I'll wake in time, on my own

I'll learn how to fly, high in the sky,
In my dreams I feel so alive
'cause I'm falling


Stories, I remember how it used to be
Tell me all the things you wish didn't see

Let it happen, and time will set you free
Talking to a shadow, now I find myself
Though I'd never admit it, I would never say it

This is what you do to me
Oh, this is what you do to me


If only I could breathe
If only I could breathe