If you could only see That I was not put here for you To judge me and dispute my inner most truth And after all these years of enmity, envy and tears It's a shame you don't know me at all I was wondering Would you cry for me? If I told you that I couldn't breathe If I was drowning, suffocating If I told you that I couldn't breathe Those ancient buried recollections We transform them and select them You have yours, I have mine That's fine While we're too torn to heal Our stitch has never disappeared I have mine, you have yours I'm sure I was wondering Would you reach for me If you saw that I was languishing I was wondering would you cry for me If I told you that I couldn't breathe If I was drowning, suffocating If I told you that I couldn't breathe