[Intro] [whispered] Count to ten Can’t get past three Plastic smile Needle teeth [Verse 1] Ribs creak Like a rusted gate Every breath A slipping blade White walls Drip slow Turn gray I taste iron When I pray (huh) [Pre-Chorus] [whispered] Something pushing in my chest Hands around me from the inside [growled] Every inhale is a theft Of the air I used to hide [Chorus] (shouted) Black lungs in a white room I choke on every second that I’ve wasted Screaming at the ceiling till it caves in I can’t breathe I can’t breathe (growled) Crumpled on the cold floor My chest is just a cage that’s collapsing If this is living Why’s it feel like gasping? I can’t breathe I can’t breathe [Verse 2] [growled] Veins burn Like a buried fuse X-ray halo Cracked right through Doctor’s mouth moves Words refuse All I hear is “You will lose” (hey!) [Pre-Chorus] [whispered] Every organ writes my name On the fog inside my throat [growled] Pulse is pounding out its blame As the oxygen corrodes [Chorus] (shouted) Black lungs in a white room I choke on every second that I’ve wasted Screaming at the ceiling till it caves in I can’t breathe I can’t breathe (growled) Crumpled on the cold floor My chest is just a cage that’s collapsing If this is living Why’s it feel like gasping? I can’t breathe I can’t breathe [Bridge] [ambient break Distorted breathing swells] [whispered] Count the cracks In the tiles Every one Another mile From the kid I used to be To this wheezing Effigy [growled] Let it tear Let it tear me Ripped tissue Like paper wings (shouted) If this body is a coffin Then bury what it brings (woah) [Final Chorus] (shouted) Black lungs in a white room I choke on every promise that I muttered Every “I’ll be fine” that I deserted I can’t breathe I can’t breathe (growled) Crushing from the inside My chest becomes a grave that I’m trapped in If this is mercy Why am I still gasping? I can’t breathe I can’t breathe [whispered] Can’t Breathe
