Breathe Lyrics

For all these years I've been swimming around

Trying my best to keep afloat and not drown

But all these sharks with their plastic faces

They're doing the worst to win their daily races

Half my life just standing in line

I spend the rest just wasting my time

Half my life just stuck in traffic

When did my existence become so tragic

This is not how I thought it would be

Now what I wanted, this is now what I need

It's getting harder to breathe

It's getting crowded upstream

And I just wanna be me

And I just wanted to flee

No, I'm not settling down

Don't wanna stay in this town

It's getting harder to breathe

And I just wanna be free

Never knew what I wanted to be

I never knew that it was all up to me

Always told what and what not to do

Never allowed to choose who to listen to

Never making my own choices

Never following my inner voices

Always following other people's dreams

Tired of being oil for the machines

This is not how I thought it would be

Now what I wanted, this is now what I need

It's getting harder to breathe

It's getting crowded upstream

And I just wanna be me

And I just wanted to flee

No, I'm not settling down

Don't wanna stay in this town

It's getting harder to breathe

And I just wanna be free

But now I know how it's going to be

And I know what's gonna happen to me

If I don't make a stand right now

And listen to the voices that are telling me how

To find a way out of this maze

Gotta get away, get away from this place

This is not how I thought it would be

Now what I wanted, this is now what I need

It's getting harder to breathe

It's getting crowded upstream

And I just wanna be me

And I just wanted to flee

No, I'm not settling down

Don't wanna stay in this town

It's getting harder to breathe

And I just wanna be me

It's getting hard to breathe

It's getting crowded upstream

And I just wanna be me

And I just wanted to flee

No, I'm not settling down

Don't wanna stay in this town

It's getting hard to breathe

And I just wanna be free