In this place where I can’t breathe
You stay too close,
Grip my heart
And taint my soul
I break away, but it’s far too late
It’s far too late for me to live

And I die with every breath
As you drown me
With your presence
Persistently, agonizingly
(My heart is not as untouchable as I had hoped)

In this place where I can’t see
You blind me
With your consuming darkness
And turn my future into dust
I break away, but it’s far too late
It’s far too late for me to live

And I bleed with every fake smile
As the shards
Of my broken reality
Cut into my skin
(My heart is not as untouchable as I had hoped)

In this place where I live
And call my home
I die with every breath