breathe

you were my all

you were my everything. you needed me like water

you needed me to breathe. i gave you my heart

i gave you the best of me. but the closer i became

the less i could see. now it stares at me

like my reflection. it's who i want to be

not who i was. i want to breathe again

i want to dream again. want something beautiful

to make it all meaningful. i know your pain

and it kills me to break you. but i'm waking up

and the sky's still blue. letting go doesn't always mean you'll fall. and my storybook is better off with pages still unwritten. and it stares at me

like my reflection. oh the truth you see

it cuts like a blade. i want to breathe again

i want to dream again. want something beautiful

to make it all meaningful. i want to dare to live

give me the chance to give

all that i have to life. and all that i am. and all of the years

we were together

our love was for real. nothing could measure. so the hardest part's admitting i'm better without you. we lost ourselves drowned in illusion

and we couldn't see as we sank to the bottom. but i reached the surface before it could wash me away. i want to breathe again

i want to dream again. want something beautiful

to make it all meaningful. i want to dare to live

give me the chance to give

all that i have to life. and all that i am.