Borrowing air

Lyrics

Verse 1 I wake up reaching before I open my eyes Like a man underwater reaching for the sky There’s a pressure in my chest I can’t explain A kind of hunger that don’t answer to my brain I tell myself, easy, you’re gonna be alright But the walls start closing in by the end of the night You can call it wanting, I call it staying alive Some men need a reason — I just need to breathe tonight Pre-Chorus And I hate how bad I need it Hate the hold it has on me But when your body turns away The whole damn room forgets to breathe Chorus I need your touch like lungs need air Like a drowning man needs something there And when it’s gone, God, I swear There ain’t enough oxygen anywhere I know desire ain’t supposed to feel Like somebody’s hands around my throat But every time I go without you I’m breathing, baby — I just can’t get enough Verse 2 It ain’t romance every time, I know Sometimes it’s just this ache that won’t let go A restless animal pacing underneath my skin Begging for a door somebody won’t let him in And I know love ain’t something I can demand Your heart ain’t mine just because I’m your man But knowing that don’t stop the panic when it comes When wanting turns to needing and the needing makes me numb Pre-Chorus So I count every breath between us Like a clock against my chest Trying not to make my hunger Something you have to fix Chorus I need your touch like lungs need air Like a drowning man needs something there And when it’s gone, God, I swear There ain’t enough oxygen anywhere I know desire ain’t supposed to feel Like somebody’s hands around my throat But every time I go without you I’m breathing, baby — I just can’t get enough Bridge Maybe I was born with a hole in my lungs Maybe I learned too young To confuse being wanted With being loved Maybe every time you reach for me For one damn second I’m complete Then the moment passes And I’m starving underneath So I breathe in Breathe out Tell myself I’ll survive without Breathe in Breathe out But my body keeps screaming louder now Final Chorus I need your touch like lungs need air But I know that ain’t yours to repair If I’m suffocating standing here Maybe the emptiness was already there Still, when you pull me close The whole world opens up And for a little while I don’t have to fight so hard for every breath Then morning comes You roll away And there I am again— Breathing… but never getting enough. Outro Some men chase whiskey Some chase God Some chase anything that quiets what they’ve got Me, I keep chasing That moment when Your skin makes me feel Like I can breathe again.