Exhale
Learning to Breathe: A Journey of Hope and Loneliness
Lyrics
Every day I’m waiting by your side
Expressing a consistent presence and anticipation by the speaker's side.
Truly hoping you can make this wayward boy go right
Desiring that the person addressed can guide the speaker towards a better path.
Am I putting too much faith in you
Questioning if the speaker is placing too much trust or expectation in the addressed person.
To make this whole damn night feel new, tonight?
Asking if the addressed person can make the current night feel fresh and new.
Tonight
Repetition of the inquiry about the transformative potential of the night.
Can you help me breathe?
Requesting assistance to breathe, implying a struggle or overwhelming situation.
Cause I’m getting too high
Feeling an increasing sense of elevation or detachment from reality.
Floating above these trees
Describing a sensation of floating above challenges or difficulties.
Can you help me breathe?
Reiterating the plea for help in breathing due to loneliness.
Cause I’m lonely and I am learning to exhale
Acknowledging loneliness and the process of learning to exhale, possibly letting go or finding relief.
Exhale
Repeating the theme of exhaling, emphasizing its significance.
Every day I stare into your eyes
Expressing a daily act of looking into the eyes of the addressed person.
Truly hoping you will keep on telling lies
Hoping for continued deception through lies to maintain a positive outlook.
To make me feel it’s not too late
Desiring to believe it's not too late to change a seemingly hopeless fate.
To turn around my hopeless fate, tonight
Emphasizing the urgency to turn around fate on this particular night.
Tonight
Reiteration of the plea for assistance in breathing.
Can you help me breathe?
Experiencing heightened emotions, requiring help to maintain composure.
Cause I’m getting too high
Continued feeling of elevation, floating above life's challenges.
Floating above these trees
Repetition of the need for assistance in breathing due to loneliness.
Can you help me breathe?
Acknowledging loneliness and the ongoing process of learning to exhale.
Cause I’m lonely and I am learning to exhale
Emphasizing the act of exhaling as a significant aspect of the learning process.
Exhale
Reiteration of the theme of exhaling.
Have I wandered too far?
Questioning if the speaker has strayed too far from a desired state.
Did I leave it too late?
Reflecting on whether it's too late to rectify or change a situation.
Watching you from afar
Observing the addressed person from a distance.
I’m lonely and I’m learning to exhale
Expressing loneliness and the ongoing process of learning to exhale.
Exhale
Reiteration of the significance of exhaling in the speaker's life.
Can you help me breathe?
Repeating the plea for assistance in breathing due to heightened emotions.
Cause I’m getting too high
Acknowledging the increasing elevation and detachment from reality.
Floating above these trees
Describing the sensation of floating above life's challenges.
Can you help me breathe?
Reiterating the need for help in breathing due to loneliness.
Cause I’m lonely and I am learning to exhale
Acknowledging loneliness and the ongoing process of learning to exhale.
Exhale
Emphasizing the continued significance of exhaling in the speaker's life.
Exhale
Repetition of the theme of exhaling.
Exhale
Final repetition, reinforcing the importance of exhaling in the speaker's journey.
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