Breathe

When each day feels like it's worse than the one before

When you're running on empty and everyone wants to take more, more, more

Can we just take a minute to breathe?

To beat them, you have to put your nose to the grindstone and repeat

I'm not giving up

Not giving up

Giving up my dreams

It doesn't matter

What they say

They're just fragile

and so afraid

It makes them lash out

It makes them cruel

But in the end

They're just your tool

When you feel like your life is no longer your own

When every hour of every day is spent for others, even when you're home

Can we just take a minute to breathe?

Learn to take time out for yourself and repeat

I'm not giving up

Not giving up

Giving up my dreams

When pressure builds in your temples it feels like time has slowed

When you feel like one wrong word from someone and you're going to explode

Can we just take a minute to breathe?

Don't waste your time on them, just remember to repeat

I'm not giving up

Not giving up

Giving up my dreams

It doesn't matter

What they say

They're just fragile

and so afraid

It makes them lash out

It makes them cruel

But in the end

They're just your tool

*recording notes - Music recorded in M-Audio version of Pro-Tools.  Drums mapped individually from Zoom 234, drum bank 4, one hit at a time, then the drum beat was created inside Pro-Tools.  Bass was direct line recorded with an EB-0.  Guitar was a Dillon acoustic/electric guitar, using Sansamp distortion in Pro-Tools.  Vocals were recorded in the upper parking lot of Snoqualmie Falls, in my 2009 Ford Focus, using a Heil PR-90 in Ardour through an M-Audio Fast Track.