## [Hook] Come close, but not too close Love me, but let me go This is how we grow This is how we grow ## [Verse 1] I want to crawl inside your skin and disappear But I also need to stand alone and face my fears These contradictions tear me up, then make me whole You're my anchor and my wings, you free my soul Guitar screaming what my heart can't reconcile Need your distance to appreciate your smile ## [Chorus] Give me breathing room to miss you Space enough to choose to kiss you Independence makes me want you more Separation's what connection's for We're learning how to love in stereo Close and far, fast and slow Breathing room, breathing room That's how real love blooms ## [Verse 2] Saturday morning, coffee separate but the same Reading different books but feeling no shame Your silence doesn't scare me anymore It's the space between the notes that makes the score I used to think that love meant losing who I am Now I know it means becoming who I am ## [Chorus] Give me breathing room to miss you Space enough to choose to kiss you Independence makes me want you more Separation's what connection's for We're learning how to love in stereo Close and far, fast and slow Breathing room, breathing room That's how real love blooms ## [Verse 3] Friends ask why we don't text every single hour I tell them space between us multiplies our power Your dreams don't have to match mine perfectly We're two strong trees that bend but never break, you see The tension keeps us growing toward each other's light Apart enough to choose each other every night ## [Bridge] (Building intensity) I don't need you to complete me I need you to meet me Halfway between lonely and consumed In the sweet spot we've assumed (Explosive) PUSH AND PULL AND PUSH AND PULL EMPTY SPACE AND BEING FULL THIS IS LOVE THAT'S BUILT TO LAST FUTURE LEARNING FROM THE PAST! ## [Verse 4] Your bad day doesn't have to become mine I can hold space for your pain without the bind Of taking on your feelings as my own We're together and we're beautifully alone This paradox would have destroyed the girl I was Now it's the foundation of everything love does ## [Chorus] Give me breathing room to miss you Space enough to choose to kiss you Independence makes me want you more Separation's what connection's for We're learning how to love in stereo Close and far, fast and slow Breathing room, breathing room That's how real love blooms ## [Verse 5] Tonight I'm going out with friends, you're staying in Tomorrow we'll share stories of where we've been This trust we've built feels stronger than possession Our love's become a beautiful confession That two whole people make a better one Orbiting like planets 'round our sun ## [Final Hook] Come close, but not too close Love me, but let me go This is how we grow This is how we grow (Breathing room) This is how we know (Breathing room) This is how love flows ## [Outro] (Fading with layered vocals) Space to breathe... room to be... You and me... separately... Together in our breathing room... Watch this real love bloom... [Quote] "I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone." - Elayne Boosler
