I Can't Breathe - Parker McCollum

Oh I still, oh I still can't breathe Oh I still, oh I still can't breathe Oh I still, oh I still can't breathe You know I feel My heart drop when I'm with you You won't relate With my troubled emotions You held the weight of the world and never let it go You traveled down the broken road On the corner of 11th in the winter snow Is where you said hello Every night I hold you tight And I pull you next to me It's been all my life wIth you by my side Since the night I couldn't breathe And I still can't breathe Since the night I couldn't breathe And I still can't breathe So I'll try my best to hold your hand And open doors just understand That I'm fighting a losing battle Between my place or a wedding chapel You held the weight of the world and never let it go You Traveled down the broken road On the corner of 11th in the winter snow Is where you said hello Every night I hold you tight And I pull you next to me It's been all my life wIth you by my side Since the night I couldn't breathe And I still can't breathe Since the night I couldn't breathe And I still can't breathe

Nah Starting a war, screaming, "Peace" at the same time All the corruption, injustice, the same crimes Always a problem if we do or don't fight And we die, we don't have the same right What is a gun to a man that surrenders? What's it gonna take for someone to defend her? If we all agree that we're equal as people Then why can't we see what is evil? I can't breathe You're taking my life from me I can't breathe Will anyone fight for me? How do we cope when we don't love each other? Where is the hope and the empathy? (Yeah) How do we judge off the color? The structure was made to make us the enemy (yeah) Prayin' for change 'cause the pain makes you tender All of the names you refuse to remember Was somebody's brother, friend Or a son to a mother that's crying, singing I can't breathe You're taking my life from me I can't breathe Will anyone fight for me? (Yeah) Will anyone fight for me? (For me) Trying times all the time Destruction of minds, bodies, and human rights Stripped of bloodlines, whipped and confined This is the American pride It's justifying a genocide Romanticizing the theft and bloodshed That made America the land of the free To take a black life, land of the free To bring a gun to a peaceful fight for civil rights You are desensitized to pulling triggers on innocent lives Because that's how we got here in the first place These wounds sink deeper than the bullet Your entitled hands could ever reach Generations and generations of pain, fear, and anxiety Equality is walking without intuition Saying the protector and the killer is wearing the same uniform The revolution is not televised Media perception is forced down the throats of closed minds So it's lies in the headlines And generations of supremacy resulting in your ignorant, privileged eyes We breathe the same and we bleed the same But still, we don't see the same Be thankful we are God-fearing Because we do not seek revenge We seek justice, we are past fear We are fed up eating your shit Because you think your so-called "Black friend" Validates your wokeness and erases your racism That kind of uncomfortable conversation Is too hard for your trust-fund pockets to swallow To swallow the strange fruit hanging from my family tree Because of your audacity To say all men are created equal in the eyes of God But disparage a man based on the color of his skin Do not say you do not see color When you see us, see us We can't breathe

I think about that summer fallin' way too fast Yeah, we were just a season, yeah, too damn hot to last I held you for a moment, let the moment slip away And I know you won't forgive me for the things I didn't say Now, it's too late (now, it's too late) Yeah, it's too late (yeah, it's too late) It's getting late Blame me for the endin', hell, blame me for the start Blame me for the wall you had to build around your heart Blame me for the hurtin', all the hell I put you through You can swear it's all my fault and I won't blame you if you do But don't blame me, don't blame me Don't blame me for lovin' you You were more than I could handle, you were more than I deserve You loved me like the devil, sang the songs I never heard I was drowning in an ocean, I was in over my head If I could just go back, I'd undo everything I did But it's too late (but it's too late) Yeah, it's too late (yeah, it's too late) Yeah, it's getting late Blame me for the endin', hell, blame me for the start Blame me for the wall you had to build around your heart Blame me for the hurtin', and all the hell I put you through You can swear it's all my fault and I won't blame you if you do Don't blame me, don't blame me Don't blame me for lovin' you Is it too late? Is it too late? Say it's not too late Blame me for the endin', hell, blame me for the start You can blame me for the wall you had to build around your heart Blame me for the hurtin', and all the hell I put you through You can swear it's all my fault and I won't blame you if you do But don't blame me, don't blame me Don't blame me for lovin' you (Don't blame me, baby, baby) (Don't blame me, baby, baby) (Don't blame me, baby, baby) don't blame me for lovin' you (Don't blame me, baby, baby) (Don't blame me, baby, baby) (Don't blame me, baby, baby) don't blame me for lovin' you (Don't blame me, baby, baby) (Don't blame me, baby, baby) (Don't blame me, baby, baby) don't blame me for lovin' you

Your silhouette its in my nightmare And I cant rest my eyes as all And ill be leavin by the morning Ya ever seen Chicago in the fall Mama told me I was nothing That who I was aint who I am And livin free out here gets lonely Swore id do the best I can Cause who I was aint who I am I swore id do the best I can Cause who I was aint who I am I swore id do the best I can A young man angry with a heartache Will steal and cheat and lie to live And gasoline out on this highway Burin bridges of revenge Cause who I was aint who I am I swore id do the best I can White lines keep to make my troubles on through the night White lines baby all I ever see when you're cryin My blinds are drawn Greenville aint too far from Austin A day by foot a night by train And ill leave roses for my baby Wrapped inside a wedding ring Cause who I was aint who I am I swore id do the best I can Cause who I was aint who I am I swore id do the best I can

Sorry baby, I've been drinkin' I tend to ramble when I do Sorry baby, I've been drinkin' Got the life I wanted, and he got you But if he ever leaves you lonely Don't go find nobody else If there's a chance that you still want me You know damn well I need some help I'm tired of drinkin' I'm tired of drinkin' by myself Do you miss me when you're drinkin' And would you tell me if you did? If you don't miss me when you're drinkin' I guess that means that you love him But if he ever leaves you lonely Don't go find nobody else If there's a chance that you still want me You know damn well I need some help I'm tired of drinkin' Tired of drinkin' by myself If there's a chance that you still want me You know damn well I need some help I'm tired of drinkin' So tired of drinkin' I'm tired of drinkin' by myself I'm tired of drinkin' by myself

How 'bout another tequila Out by the motel pool I won't steal your heart tonight But you can beat mine black and blue When I hear that highway I know it won't be long 'Til a goodbye kiss on a night like this Turns into a goodbye song Well, I'm a wheel, I keep on rollin' I just go from town to town Once that gravel gets to throwin' Good luck slowin' me down Well, I've been high, and I've been lonely I've been lost and I've been found Baby, you're the only thing that's ever turned me 'round I'm a wheel, I just keep rollin' Girl, you better be looking Becomin' out of the night Been runnin' 15 straight damn days And every mile you're on my mind Well, I'm a wheel, I keep on rollin' I just go from town to town Once that gravel gets to throwin' Good luck slowin' me down Well, I've been high, and I've been lonely I've been lost and I've been found Baby, you're the only thing that's ever turned me 'round I'm a wheel, I just keep rollin' Drop you off, drop a gear Then it's all downhill from here Yeah, it's all downhill from here And I'm a wheel, I keep on rollin' I just go from town to town Once that gravel gets to throwin' Good luck slowin' me down Well, I've been high, and I've been lonely I've been lost and I've been found Baby, you're the only thing that's ever turned me 'round I'm a wheel, I just keep rollin' I'm a wheel

Late night train back to Austin Couple cars, cocaine, and the interstate Most every night, this is what it's like You don't answer, I keep callin' just to stay awake Hope what you said wasn't meant for me You told me I was no good It's alright babe, I'm pretty used to being misunderstood I never pegged you for what you are Had it in my head I would break your heart Hate to think about what I did Some things in me are broke, I can't find a fix Hope what you said wasn't meant for me You told me I was no good It's alright babe, I'm pretty used to being misunderstood It's alright babe, I'm pretty used to being misunderstood Go home and sleep 'til I leave again That's why I gave you up, couldn't watch you cry You said you'd wait on me patiently But I'll live out of a bag 'til the day I die I guess I get how you think of me You told me I was no good It's alright babe, I'm pretty used to being misunderstood It's alright babe, I'm pretty used to being misunderstood It's alright babe, I'm pretty used to being misunderstood