WHY BREATHE? [Intro — piano, distant female vocal] If every road runs out somewhere… Why do we keep walking? If every heart stops beating someday… Why does mine beat so hard for you? [Verse 1] I watched a flower open Knowing winter had to come Watched the evening steal the daylight Still I turned my face toward the sun I’ve held people that I’ve lost now I’d still hold them all again ‘Cause maybe knowing something’s ending Doesn’t mean it shouldn’t begin [Pre-Chorus] Maybe we’re not here forever Maybe that’s the reason why Every second feels like heaven When you know it’s passing by [Chorus] Why breathe If you know you’re gonna die? Why love If someday you’ll say goodbye? Why dance When the music has to end? Why give your heart If you know that it can break again? Because I was here Because you were too Because for one little moment This impossible world gave me you So if you ask me why breathe When none of us survive… Because, baby… For a little while We were alive. [Instrumental — guitar answers the vocal] [Verse 2] Why build a home from memories When time can take the walls? Why learn somebody’s laughter When someday you won’t hear it at all? Why kiss somebody slowly Knowing nothing ever stays? Why watch another sunrise When night will take its place? [Pre-Chorus] Maybe life was never promised To be measured by its years Maybe life is every moment That was worth a thousand tears [Chorus] Why breathe If you know you’re gonna die? Why love If someday you’ll say goodbye? Why dance When the music has to end? Why give your heart If you know that it can break again? Because I was here Because you were too Because for one little moment This impossible world gave me you So if you ask me why breathe When none of us survive… Because, baby… For a little while We were alive. [Bridge — drums disappear] One day my name Will be spoken for the last time One day these hands Won’t have another hand to find One day the sun will rise And I won’t see the morning light But I saw it today. I saw it today. And God… Wasn’t it beautiful? [Silence] [Final Chorus — full band enters] So I’ll breathe Even knowing I will die I’ll love Even knowing I’ll say goodbye I’ll dance Till they play the final song I’ll give my heart away Even knowing it won’t always belong ‘Cause I was here And you were too And maybe that’s the closest We ever get to knowing truth We weren’t promised forever We were only promised now So while my heart is beating… I’ll make every beat count. [Outro — piano and heartbeat kick] Why breathe? Heartbeat. Because I’m here. Heartbeat. Why love? Because you are. Heartbeat. And if tomorrow never comes… Tonight… we were alive. [Final heartbeat — silence]
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