Exhale

Lately, I haven't felt this free

Since there was a prison built

Where my heart used to be

I've kept memories

That have left me scared

I've swallowed songs

That I will never share

Locked secrets deep

And down below

The kind that I swore

Only God would ever know

Yet still you stand here

And look at me no different

Expecting my life to be some kind of show

And tell

So excuse me one moment

While I exhale

Exhale

Exhale

Now I've told you

I'm no good with surrender

And I'm not used to the way

Your arms shelter

This skin wrapped in thorns

You should run away

Far away, if you're clever

But I'm confused at how you stay

And touch me like lover

But feel like friend

How many times have you been told

Of all the things that do not glitter

Because I am not gold

So stop treating me like treasure

And stop reaching to my soul

Because I am so afraid

That if I take you all in

It means I must let it all go

So excuse me one Moment

While I exhale

Exhale

Exhale

You've allowed me to breathe in

Nothing but your patience

And a timelessness

That I've only found in the pages of books

In the songs where love is made

And in the brave look that says

You understand me

And I'm starting to tell

Because breathing didn't feel this free

Until I was able

To exhale

Exhale

Exhale

Exhale..