© 2020 Lou Heffernan
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I Can’t Breathe

Since you said goodbye, 
I’ve been countin’ every breath 
like it might be the last I’ll ever take.
My heart keeps cryin’ out 
like a prisoner in my chest
screamin’, “Please, there must be some mistake.”

‘Cause I can’t breathe at the thought of losin’ you.
I can’t see anyway to make it through.
I’m reachin’ for a reason you might come back to me.
‘Cause I can’t breathe.
Oooh, I can’t breathe.

Feels like I am trapped 
beneath an ocean of tears,
reaching up from the bottom toward the sun.
Without you in my life 
I can’t find the strength to swim
‘cause all along it was you who held me up.

And I can’t breathe at the thought of losin’ you.
I can’t see anyway to make it through.
I’m reachin’ for a reason
You might come back to me.
Why’d it take your leavin’
To get me to see...
That I can’t breathe
Oooh, I can’t breathe
Come back to me.
‘Cause I can’t breathe.