Tell me how to breathe

Verse 1

The quiet hum inside the room

It is vibrating under my skin

I paint a smile to hide the gloom

But I do not know where to begin

You left a shadow in the doorway

A heavy ghost I cannot outrun

I am tracing steps back to the worst days

Staring directly at the sun

Pre-Chorus

And my heart beats out of time

Swallowing the warning signs

Hold my breath and cross the line

Chorus

I am caught in the friction, tearing the seams

Drowning in color, losing the dream

You pull me closer just to push me away

I am suffocating but I wanted to stay

Yeah, I am caught in the friction

Tell me how to breathe

Tell me how to breathe again

Verse 2

The chemical is wearing off

I feel the shiver in my spine

You used to be the only drug

That made me feel like I was fine

But now the ceiling is crashing downward

The gravity is way too much

I am moving backward, never forward

I am paralyzed inside your touch

Pre-Chorus

And my heart beats out of time

Swallowing the warning signs

Hold my breath and cross the line

Chorus

I am caught in the friction, tearing the seams

Drowning in color, losing the dream

You pull me closer just to push me away

I am suffocating but I wanted to stay

Yeah, I am caught in the friction

Tell me how to breathe

Tell me how to breathe again

Bridge

Tell me how to breathe

When the water is at my neck

When I am nothing but a wreck

Tell me how to leave

When you are wired to my brain

And I am addicted to the pain

I am addicted to the pain

I am addicted to the pain

Guitar Solo

Chorus

I am caught in the friction, tearing the seams

Drowning in color, losing the dream

You pull me closer just to push me away

I am suffocating but I wanted to stay

Yeah, I am caught in the friction

Tearing the seams

Outro

Tell me how to breathe

Tell me how to breathe again

Tell me how to breathe again

I just need to breathe again