[Intro – Whisper] I thought holding my breath was the same as surviving. It wasn’t. [Verse 1] I learned to breathe without a sound, Keep every breaking piece pushed down. Smile when the room was closing in, Call it strength and wear it like skin. I kept the words behind my teeth, Built a whole life underneath. No one knew how much it took To look alive when no one looked. [Pre-Chorus] One more second, One more lie. Then something in me said goodbye. [Chorus] This is the breath I buried, The one I never let escape. Years of silence leaving me, All at once, all in one wave. I don’t need to hold it anymore. I don’t need to disappear. This is the breath I buried. And now I’m finally here. [Verse 2] Some wounds learn how to speak in sleep, Some promises are buried deep. I carried people, carried blame, Until I nearly lost my name. But every cage has one weak side, Every silence has a time. Tonight I open what I sealed. Tonight I let myself be real. [Short Spoken Section] I kept the peace. I kept the smile. I kept everybody comfortable for a very long while. But I forgot one person in the room. Me. [Final Chorus] This is the breath I buried, The one I never let escape. Years of silence leaving me, All at once, all in one wave. I don’t need to hold it anymore. I don’t need to disappear. This is the breath I buried. And now I’m finally here. [Outro – Whisper] Breathe in... Breathe out... There you are.
