breathing

Nick Torres

used to know your breathing
in the dark beside me
now the nights repeating
all my faults and broken dreams

Chorus
oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m not sure how to begin
oh-oh-oh-oh
when I can’t take and I can’t give
oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m not sure how to live
without you there beside me

your sweater by the radiator
winter cold seeps through the tiles
the shivers are making me let go of
one small thing at a time

I’m still yearning, but learning
how to be alone
still yearning, but learning
how to make this home

oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m not sure how to begin
oh-oh-oh-oh
when I can’t take and I can’t give
oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m not sure how to live
without you there beside me

still make tea for two
but griefs one bitter cup
nothing’s rearranged
everything the same but
everything has changed

maybe love lies in the leaving
maybe comfort hides, in the weaving
of the grieving what was
with the hope of what will be

oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m not sure how to begin
oh-oh-oh-oh
when I can’t take and I can’t give
oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m not sure how to live
without you there beside me