Lyric

"You’re not tired, are you?"

You say it like a line

Like always

I nod on time

My I’m fine face

Shows up first

My heart comes later

A beat behind

A smiling mask

Again and again

My own voice

Drifts farther back

No room to breathe

My breathing room slips away

It’s not that I’m strong

The mask just learned my skin

I wear it without thinking

Like it’s always been me

How to let my power go

I guess I still don’t know

I don’t have to be perfect

Not tonight

Just a little space

Little by little

By your side

I can finally breathe

My breath comes back slowly

Even if it won’t be words

It’s okay

Just as it is

And softly to me

"I’m okay"

On days with no breathing room

The world feels small

Someone else’s smile

Is too bright to look at

I mean to be kind

But it turns into thorns

My heart starts rushing

All on its own

I stretch and reach

Without catching up

And later my chest

Starts aching

Lost inside the brightness

I can’t find my way

And only the scenery

Gets left behind

Before I notice

I’m counting again

The fears I keep hidden

When I count what I’m missing

The world turns thin

When I touch what I have

The world softens

Each time your pale hand

Reaches me gently

Breathing room is born

Somewhere in my chest

And that breathing room will

Loosen me

Open up the view

And turn into

A small light

I don’t have to be perfect

Not tonight

Just a little space

Little by little

By your side

I can finally breathe

My breath comes back slowly

Even if it won’t be words

It’s okay

Just as it is

And softly to me

"I’m okay"

I don’t have to compare

This is enough as it is

In the breathing room you gave me

A small relief was born

Sure I get lost sometimes

But even detours are fine

I’ll keep growing my okay

I’ll keep growing my okay