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Oxygen

(Erika Poling)

There's no living without breathing.

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[Intro]

The walls in my heart are thick 
But yet, all my blood runs paper thin 
And I didn’t even feel it when 
My teeth bit the tip of my lip 
Because the cut only bleeds skin deep 
And I’m hurting, hurting, internally 

[Verse 1] 

I don’t know if it can ever be fixed
The wounds of my mind are too poisonous 
And it’s too late, I think 
The toxins are in my bloodstream
That now I can’t even think 
And right now I can’t even breathe
I need somebody to be at my feet
I need somebody to be my oxygen 

[Chorus] 

I need you like the sky needs the sun for light 
And you need me like the moon needs the dark sky to be seen at night 
Even the sky needs to breathe 
I know I hurt you, but babe please 
You gotta know I’m hurting 
And you know you hurt me too 
Break all my walls, build them brand-new 
But babe please don’t break me, give me some room 

‘Cause we all gotta breathe 
We all gotta breathe 
I need to breathe again 
We need to breathe again 
No room for hate when 
We need each other like Oxygen 

‘Cause we all gotta breathe 
We all gotta breathe 
I need to breathe again 
We need to breathe again 
No room for hate when 
We need each other like Oxygen 

[Verse 2] 

I don’t know if I can ever live without your kiss
It’s the only medicine that’s helped my brokenness
Don’t know if I can be saved
But when I look at you and blink 
My body’s no longer swimming upstream
Don’t let me sink
I don’t wanna scream
Babe, will you even miss me?
Babe, will you give me oxygen?

[Chorus] 

I need you like the sky needs the sun for light 
And you need me like the moon needs the dark sky to be seen at night 
Even the sky needs to breathe 
I know I hurt you, but babe please 
You gotta know I’m hurting 
And you know you hurt me too 
Break all my walls, build them brand-new 
But babe please don’t break me, give me some room 

‘Cause we all gotta breathe 
We all gotta breathe 
I need to breathe again 
We need to breathe again 
No room for hate when 
We need each other like Oxygen 

‘Cause we all gotta breathe 
We all gotta breathe 
I need to breathe again 
We need to breathe again 
No room for hate when 
We need each other like Oxygen 

[Outro]

Oxygen, give me oxygen 
Oxygen, give me oxygen 
And we’ll breathe again 


© Erika Poling 2020

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