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I can't breathe!

It's killing me, now!

I'm drowning in rivers of tears.

I'm smothering, I smother

For the rest of my years,

Because I can't breathe!

Because I can't breathe!

Tempted to lay the world at her feet

And not to take her crown.

Deja Vu, a torrid heart

Set composure down

But the last thing that I can remember

Is that hope is not just a word

But I'm drowning in oceans of ember,

My suffering unheard

I can't breathe!

It's killing me, now!

I'm drowning in rivers of tears.

I'm smothering, I smother

For the rest of my years,

Because I can't breathe!

Because I can't breathe!

My oh my, I pray for a house

In the name of the Lord

Why oh why here comes my spouse

- a shade early - aboard

But the last thing that I can remember

Is that hope is not just a word

But I'm drowning in oceans of ember,

My suffering unheard

I would rather lay my head

In God's hands than in this man's

Temper justice with mercy

Is all I want, is all I need

I can't breathe!

It's killing me, now!

I'm drowning in rivers of tears.

I'm smothering, I smother

For the rest of my years,

Because I can't breathe!

Because I can't breathe!

Because I can't breathe!