Breathing Underwater

[Verse 1] Mornings taste like metal Coffee’s cold by my hand Phone face down on the table Still checking like you’ll text again I wear your name like a splinter Caught under my skin Laugh at something on the TV Then remember And fall in [Chorus] Grief suffocates me Like I’m breathing underwater Every little breath Comes harder Comes harder I reach for the surface But the sky keeps getting farther Grief suffocates me And I don’t know how to argue with the water [Verse 2] Your jacket in the hallway Still guarding the door I keep stepping around it Like you’ll need it once more Friends say time is a healer They don’t see me at 3 AM Talking into the silence Waiting for you to answer again [Chorus] Grief suffocates me Like I’m breathing underwater Every little breath Comes harder Comes harder I reach for the surface But the sky keeps getting farther Grief suffocates me And I don’t know how to argue with the water [Bridge] If love had weight Yours could anchor a world If pain is proof Then you were my whole universe [Chorus] Grief suffocates me Like I’m breathing underwater Every little breath Comes harder Comes harder I reach for the surface Call your name a little softer Grief suffocates me But your memory keeps teaching me to breathe inside the water