…can’t tell if I’m breathin’… or just here… [Verse 1] Walkin’ through a house I remember in pieces Every wall talks back but the voice ain’t mine Got a life I can’t touch, got ghosts in my secrets Like I skipped too far, now I’m outta my time Ash on my hands but I don’t feel burnin’ Just numb where it mattered, now it’s all comin’ through They moved like the world never stopped turning I’m stuck in a moment I can’t undo I was built to hold lines, not question the call Now I’m starin’ at the line like it ain’t there at all If I step past it, am I breakin’ the code? If I stay where I’m at, am I losin’ the road? [Pre-Chorus] Tell me—am I late or just outta place? Tell me—does time forgive what it can’t replace? [Chorus] It’s hard to breathe when everything’s burnin’ Like I woke up inside of a life moved on But there’s a thread in me I still feel turnin’ Sayin’ “you’re not as gone as you think you are” If I fade in the smoke, do I disappear? Or was I brought back just to face this here? Yeah it hurts, yeah it scars, yeah it don’t make sense— But I still feel it… I still feel it. [Verse 2] Same fire, but I’m seein’ through it clearer Like the flames ain’t just takin’, they revealin’ shape Every scar got a map, every loss got a mirror Every step I avoided still leadin’ me straight Maybe I ain’t lost, just delayed in the turn Maybe what I carry ain’t weight—it’s earned If I’m still breathin’, then the story ain’t closed If I’m still standin’, then I still get to choose I don’t need the past back the way that it was I just need a reason to believe I’m enough If the fire’s still here, then I’m still in the fight And maybe that means I’ve been in it this whole time Still hear the call… even buried in the noise [Pre-Chorus] Tell me—am I late or just outta place? Tell me—does time forgive what it can’t replace? [Chorus] It’s hard to breathe when everything’s burnin’ Like I woke up inside of a life moved on But there’s a thread in me I still feel turnin’ Sayin’ “you’re not as gone as you think you are” If I fade in the smoke, do I disappear? Or was I brought back just to face this here? Yeah it hurts, yeah it scars, yeah it don’t make sense— But I still feel it… I still feel it.. [Bridge] If I carry the past, does it anchor or guide me? If I let it all go, does it leave or define me? I been standin’ in flames askin’ what’s left of me— Maybe what’s left… is what I’m meant to be IM MEANT TO BE [Outro] What if the fire was never the end? What if it’s where I remember again? Not who I was… not who they see— But someone I haven’t had time to be If I breathe this in… I don’t choke—I change If I walk back out… I don’t break—I stay …I stayed.
